Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 13 March 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs
Governance and Child Safeguarding Issues in Scouting Ireland: Tusla and Scouting Ireland
Mr. Jim Gibson:
Absolutely. It is a great support to mums, dads, children and young people across the country. I was a scout once upon a time. Tusla never set out to deconstruct a really good organisation that has much to offer children and young people across the country. Senator Noone can have a copy of the meeting's agenda. The meeting was about creating space where we could have a good conversation, which led us to a good place in agreeing an action plan. Again, there was a bit of toing and froing on that but we came to an agreement on the action plan and sent it today. This sets the scene for us to go forward, as I am sure Scouting Ireland will agree. We can provide an update on that to the committee.