Chris Andrews (Dublin Bay South, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Last Thursday, Dr. Geoffrey Shannon's report into sexual abuse within the St. John Ambulance was published. It makes for bleak reading. St. John Ambulance put the reputation of its organisation ahead of vulnerable young children. The report would probably not have been carried out and published if it were not for survivors such as Mick Finnegan and the many other survivors. The board should sit down with an independent administrator taking charge. There are serious questions also for Tusla and the Minister to answer. I ask for the Minister to come into the House to make a statement on the matter and to answer questions on the Shannon report.

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