Zappone tells Dáil of child and family agency’s concern over standards in scouting body
Details from the ongoing review has suggested information was covered up, and alleged perpetrators were permitted to move between groups.In the wake of the scandal, Scouting Ireland set up a helpline, for alleged abuse victims to contact the organisation.
The letter from Tusla raised “serious questions” about safeguarding, and Scouting Ireland had sought “an urgent meeting with the chair and chief executive of Tusla to understand better their concerns to better enable us to act on them.”The youth organisation questioned a number of the criticisms levelled at it from Tusla, including the suggestion it should consider suspending overnight trips away.
Scouting Ireland said claims from Tusla that key staff working in safeguarding may have been compromised was a “serious allegation.” The organisation said the matter had not been raised in any of its meetings with Tusla previously. Reacting to the news in the chamber, Labour TD Seán Sherlock said there was now a “lack of confidence in Scouting Ireland to deal with its own affairs.”
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