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. Ian Elliott:

No, absolutely not. One must remember, as was noted earlier, that Scouting Ireland has recently been under intense scrutiny. We had an active collaborative working relationship with the Department, Tusla and so on. Once we had received a letter of that nature, we had no option but to inform the Department of the fact that we had received it and that we wanted to engage with it, take it seriously, address it-----