Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

While we all welcome that this report was undertaken, that it was published and that St. John Ambulance has committed to implementing all its recommendations, it is not acceptable that it took this huge level of pressure, primarily applied by the victims of abuse in this organisation, and nearly everyone here would have engaged with one or more of those victims, to bring about this development. This situation is not acceptable and it is important we recognise this.

As I said, the report is very scathing in places about the internal structures of St. John Ambulance and sets out the need for very significant internal reform and I will work to ensure that happens. I know Deputy Funchion's committee will engage with Tusla in terms of its oversight role here. I will observe those hearings carefully and if follow-up work is necessary, we will be happy to do it.

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