Mr. Adrian Tennant:

Looking for a number, which we will establish, is not the issue. The issue is whether we have reported everything we should have. I might sound like a broken record but it is important to make the point that since 2003, and in some cases before that, every reportable issue has been reported by Scouting Ireland.

The committee does not need to take our word on that. In the Republic we have the confidence of Tusla and An Garda Síochána regarding our reporting, our historical reporting and the analysis of the files they need for investigations, etc. It is very important when we say we keep our files open; we never close a file.