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:

Cases that go to the DPP come from An Garda Síochána, not directly from us or anybody else. This can be tested and asked of An Garda Síochána. We have been working closely with An Garda Síochána with regard to live cases and investigations that it has, so much so that it asked us and we co-operated with the seeking of information from members on specific cases. We fully co-operate with the Garda in that regard and note on our website and in mail that we support the Garda in gathering information for possible prosecutions. We have been fully compliant in that regard. I appreciate that the Chair is looking quizzically at us about the breakdown of the numbers. They are available and I will take action to make sure that they get to the committee.