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:
We have both. In the past, before the suspension-without-prejudice approach, when individuals were asked to abstain voluntarily and did not do so, they were suspended. Suspension at that stage was a power reserved for the board - the old board before 6 October last year. The power was strengthened. In the past, if somebody was asked to abstain and did not do so, he or she was suspended by the board. There is a record of that happening in a number of cases.