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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Alan Farrell: Has anybody stood down informally at any level of the organisation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Alan Farrell: Under either process.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Alan Farrell: Informally?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Alan Farrell: There is a formal process in which a decision is made and a person is stood down. Then there is an informal process whereby the person stands down voluntarily. There is a distinct difference. Are there individuals who have been stood down by the organisation?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Alan Farrell: Are there individuals who stood down themselves voluntarily?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Alan Farrell: Under heavy recommendation, it is still not a formal process.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Alan Farrell: My final question goes back to the Lynch report. Ms Lorna Lynch produced a body of work on behalf of Scouting Ireland as an independent barrister. We have spoken about this with the delegates directly in the past. It has been referred to on many occasions and it is important in terms of the credibility of the hierarchy of the organisation. It is a matter of concern among the membership....
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Alan Farrell: Could Mr. Tennant guess when it will come to a conclusion?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Alan Farrell: I am sure he does.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Alan Farrell: I appreciate those responses. I call Deputy Rabbitte.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Alan Farrell: Sorry, Deputy Neville.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Alan Farrell: On the safeguarding of all of those files, and Scouting Ireland scans them so it has an electronic copy of them, is that all separate or are they kept in different sites? How does Scouting Ireland protect the data?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Alan Farrell: I call Deputy Rabbitte for her second round.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Alan Farrell: Perhaps in due course Scouting Ireland can provide that information through the clerk.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Alan Farrell: We are still precluded from discussing individuals, regardless of whether their stories are in the public domain.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Alan Farrell: I ask for a general response as opposed to a response on an individual case.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Alan Farrell: I think you may have.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Alan Farrell: I am sure Deputy Sherlock appreciates where I am coming from. Are there any concluding remarks?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Governance Issues in Scouting Ireland: Discussion (4 Dec 2019)
Alan Farrell: I made the point that, of the organisations over which the committee has jurisdiction, Scouting Ireland is second only to Tusla in terms of the number of times it appears before us. We all appreciate that representatives of Scouting Ireland have been forthcoming in attending these meetings and answering questions, etc. We wish the best to all in Scouting Ireland, particularly the volunteers...
- Housing Solutions: Statements (5 Dec 2019)
Alan Farrell: I am pleased to facilitate Deputy Malcolm Byrne's maiden speech in Dáil Éireann.