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:

Dr. Lawlor referred to it a few times and I am glad Senator Warfield raised the question because one of the misnomers is that there was some sort of review or process in 2012 and then nothing until 2018, or until more recent times. The point should not be lost that all those cases that were identified as amber were reported at the time. We have heard talk that after that review these cases were put away, locked up and never seen again. They were all reported at that time and that can be confirmed by both statutory agencies.