Dominic Hannigan (Meath East, Labour)
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Question 530: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she expects the Raphoe report into child abuse to be made public; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34515/11]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church is a Church Organisation which has no connection with or reporting function to my Department. Recent media reports indicate that the Board is due to furnish to the Bishop of Raphoe later this month with the results of an audit into clerical child sexual abuse in the diocese, and that it is the Bishop's intention to publish the report.

The Health Service Executive, which has statutory responsibility for child welfare and protection matters, has been conducting a national audit of all Catholic dioceses and Religious Orders. The HSE expects to shortly be in a position to furnish a report to me on the diocesan element of this audit.