Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 December 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion

Mr. GearĂ³id Begley:

Okay. Tusla has a portal whereby anybody can make a disclosure to it. If one were to decide to make a disclosure, he or she can do so on the portal. We have a facility, which is non-retrospective, also for making disclosures on the portal for current cases. If somebody contacts Scouting Ireland today and makes a disclosure to us that we believe reaches the threshold, either be it a mandated report or a cause for disclosure, that is made by way of the portal.