Anne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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I thank Dr. Lawlor. Dr. Geoffrey Shannon, the former special rapporteur on child protection, has said any review must be independent, prompt, effective and transparent. Ian Elliott is currently working on his report into the historic abuse in the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland, CBSI, and the Scout Association of Ireland, SAI. How independent can his review be, as someone who was formerly employed as Scouting Ireland's acting safeguarding manager? Is it not essentially Scouting Ireland investigating itself? It was said that Ian Elliott is conducting a learning review, which indicates that this report is more for Scouting Ireland as opposed to those affected by any harm done. Will the witnesses expand on that please?