The independent report said this could allow for unvetted adults to gain access to children.
ST JOHN AMBLUANCE’S garda vetting system is incomplete and could allow for unvetted adults to gain access to children, a highly anticipated report into the organisation has found.
While the report documents abusive behaviour stretching back to the early 1970s, it also finds that the child protection measures implemented were inadequate right up until the mid-2010s. The investigation also found that these risks were highly visible and there was “a significant degree of awareness of the serious threats to children”.It also highlights the organisation’s failure to initiate any formal investigation following a disclosure of child sexual abuse and grooming in the late 1990s.
The review also states that St John Ambulance still does not have a finalised child protection policy and it found evidence of shortcomings in how the organisation has responded to serious incidents which were reported in recent years. In a statement to RTÉ Investigates, the Board of St John Ambulance confirmed it will be engaging with the Department of Children to implement recommendations made in the report by Dr Shannon.
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