Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 December 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs

Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion

Mr. Adrian Tennant:

It is very important for us to acknowledge the level of hurt and the bravery shown by the people who spoke on that programme. We cannot say that enough. Those who spoke on the programme spoke well. They spoke of horrific times in their lives. However hard we think it is to listen to that, we can only imagine what it was like to live through that. We acknowledge that.

Their stories relate to the legacy issues. They gave examples of how they reported. Obviously, we cannot talk about the individual cases so I am talking about in general. I am sure the Deputy will accept that.