Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 December 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion

Dr. John Lawlor:

When I took office, and up to the time of Mr. Elliott's work, the process when a disclosure was made against an individual was to ask him or her to abstain voluntarily. That was in our code of conduct for volunteers. Mr. Elliott recommended that the arrangement should be strengthened to a procedure of suspension without prejudice.