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:

I thank the Senator for his question. That is one of those issues that has caused a bit of confusion. We are delighted to be able to respond to that today and provide some clarity. The 2012 review was set up for a very specific reason. I will ask the CEO to go through that in a moment. The Senator said that some of the cases were flagged as red in the traffic light system at the time. There was no red at the time. I want to clarify that. I will ask Dr. Lawlor to give a more comprehensive answer.