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. Adrian Tennant:

That was covered by Tusla in the previous session. The Department and Scouting Ireland have a relationship because the former is a primary funder and taxpayers' money comes our way. We have a commitment to transparency and ongoing communication with the Department. This was not the first time we discussed matters with the Department. It is a regular occurrence. We have a good relationship with the Department and we have had a number of issues, not least of which was the reason we last appeared before the committee. We discuss many issues with the Department regularly.