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<div class="mw-indicators"> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Irish Scouting organisation established in 2004</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and 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href="/wiki/File:Scouting_Ireland.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0e/Scouting_Ireland.svg/220px-Scouting_Ireland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="249" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0e/Scouting_Ireland.svg/330px-Scouting_Ireland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0e/Scouting_Ireland.svg/440px-Scouting_Ireland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="185" data-file-height="209" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Scouting Ireland logo</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Larch_Hill" title="Larch Hill">Larch Hill</a></td></tr><tr class="adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data country-name"><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1 January 2004</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Richard_P._Fortune" title="Richard P. Fortune">Richard P. Fortune</a> (1908),<br />Tom and Ernest Farrell (1927)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Membership</th><td class="infobox-data">45,721 as of February 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit">[update]</a></sup><br /> incl. 34,000 juvenile<sup id="cite_ref-AnnualReport2020_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AnnualReport2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Chief Scout</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Eoin Callanan<sup id="cite_ref-North_Cork_Callanan_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-North_Cork_Callanan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Chief Executive</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Sean Sheehan<sup id="cite_ref-Sheehan_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sheehan-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GriffinStepsDown_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GriffinStepsDown-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Patron</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Michael_D._Higgins" title="Michael D. Higgins">Michael D. Higgins</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Affiliation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/World_Organization_of_the_Scout_Movement" title="World Organization of the Scout Movement">World Organization of the Scout Movement</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="border-spacing: 0; width:100%; background:transparent;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"> </td> <td style="width:50%; text-align:center; vertical-align:top;"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Website</b><br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.scouts.ie/">http://www.scouts.ie/</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="width: 200px; height: 350px; margin: 0 auto; padding: 0; border:1px #ccc solid;"> <div style="position: relative; 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It was founded in 2004, following the amalgamation of two of the Scouting organisations on the island. It is the <a href="/wiki/World_Organization_of_the_Scout_Movement" title="World Organization of the Scout Movement">World Organization of the Scout Movement</a>-recognised <a href="/wiki/Scouting" title="Scouting">Scouting</a> association in the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a>. In <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> it operates alongside <a href="/wiki/The_Scout_Association" title="The Scout Association">The Scout Association</a> of the UK and the Baden-Powell Scout Association. </p><p>The organisation is independent, non-political, and open to all young people without distinction of origin, race, creed, sexual orientation, spiritual belief or gender, in accordance with the purpose, principles and method conceived by <a href="/wiki/Robert_Baden-Powell,_1st_Baron_Baden-Powell" title="Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell">Lord Baden-Powell</a> and as stated by WOSM.<sup id="cite_ref-merger_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-merger-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The aim of the organisation is to encourage the social, physical, intellectual, character, emotional, and spiritual development aspects (known as the SPICES) of young people "so that they may achieve their full potential and as responsible citizens, to improve society".<sup id="cite_ref-nutshell_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nutshell-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SI_Const_Sec3_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SI_Const_Sec3-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The process of founding the new organisation came on 21 June 2003, after a merger between <a href="/wiki/Scouting_Ireland_(CSI)" class="mw-redirect" title="Scouting Ireland (CSI)">Scouting Ireland C.S.I.</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scouting_Ireland_S.A.I." class="mw-redirect" title="Scouting Ireland S.A.I.">Scouting Ireland S.A.I.</a> was announced, becoming effective on 1 January 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-merger_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-merger-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-merge_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-merge-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its national office is at <a href="/wiki/Larch_Hill" title="Larch Hill">Larch Hill</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Dublin" title="County Dublin">County Dublin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-merger_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-merger-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The organisation, which is registered with the <a href="/wiki/Companies_Registration_Office_(Ireland)" title="Companies Registration Office (Ireland)">Companies Registration Office</a> as a company,<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is headed by the Chief Scout, and governed by a board of directors who are answerable to the Scout Groups as company members. A small professional staff team is led by a chief executive officer. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sections">Sections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Sections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The organisation is known for, and primarily operates through, its Youth Programme, for members aged between 6 and 25 years,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> divided into the following Sections: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Beaver_Scouts_(Scouting_Ireland)" title="Beaver Scouts (Scouting Ireland)">Beaver Scouts</a> – Ages 6–8</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cub_Scouts_(Scouting_Ireland)" title="Cub Scouts (Scouting Ireland)">Cub Scouts</a> – Ages 9–11</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scouts_(Scouting_Ireland)" title="Scouts (Scouting Ireland)">Scouts</a> – Ages 12–15</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venture_Scouts_(Scouting_Ireland)" title="Venture Scouts (Scouting Ireland)">Venture Scouts</a> – Ages 15–17</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rover_Scouts_(Scouting_Ireland)" title="Rover Scouts (Scouting Ireland)">Rover Scouts</a> – Ages 18–26</li></ul> <p><a href="/wiki/Sea_Scouts_(Scouting_Ireland)" title="Sea Scouts (Scouting Ireland)">Sea Scouts</a> – Sea Scouting is a model for implementing the Scout Method with an emphasis on maritime tradition, nautical skills and water-based activities. Sea Scouting operates throughout the sections, consistent with the above age ranges. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisation">Organisation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Organisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scout_Group">Scout Group</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Scout Group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The basic unit of Scouting in Ireland is the Scout Group. Each Group is based around a single meeting place, often a dedicated <a href="/wiki/Scout_hall" title="Scout hall">Scout hall</a> or Scout Den,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or may sometimes be a school assembly hall or community facility. A Group may have a number of sections, meeting at different times, and a meeting place may be used by more than one Scout Troop or Cub Scout Pack. Each Group is coordinated by a Scout Group Council, headed up by the Group Leader and Deputy Group Leader, these roles being appointed by the Board based on nomination by the Scout Group Council and recommendation by the relevant Scout County Commissioner. Membership also includes roles such as Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer and Quartermaster, and adult representatives of all sections, and youth representatives of the Scouts, Venture Scout and Rover Scout sections, made by the Scout Group Council itself. In 2018, there were around 520 Scout Groups,<sup id="cite_ref-SIOrg_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SIOrg-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while in 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> there were 492.<sup id="cite_ref-AnnualReport2020_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AnnualReport2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scout_County">Scout County</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Scout County"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scout Groups are members of their local Scout County, some are which based on geographical <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Ireland" title="Counties of Ireland">counties</a>, while others, depending on membership density, are based in parts of cities or across county boundaries. The Scout County supports the training of Scouters, the youth programme, and the development of Groups within the county. Each Scout County is coordinated by a County Commissioner.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Scout_Provinces">Scout Provinces</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Scout Provinces"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Above the Scout County level, Ireland is divided into six <a href="/wiki/Scouting_Ireland_Provinces" class="mw-redirect" title="Scouting Ireland Provinces">Scout Provinces</a>, namely the <a href="/wiki/Northern_Scout_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern Scout Province">Northern</a>, <a href="/wiki/Southern_Scout_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Scout Province">Southern</a>, <a href="/wiki/North_Eastern_Scout_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="North Eastern Scout Province">North Eastern</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Eastern_Scout_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="South Eastern Scout Province">South Eastern</a>, <a href="/wiki/Western_Scout_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Scout Province">Western</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dublin_Scout_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Dublin Scout Province">Dublin</a> provinces. Each Province is coordinated by a Provincial Commissioner,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who in turn appoints a Training Co-Ordinator as well as Youth Programme and International representatives. The Provincial Management / Support Committee consists of County Commissioners, Provincial Officers, co-ordinators and representatives. Each Province has a professional Provincial Support Officer.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_Council">National Council</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: National Council"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The National Council was the primary decision-making body of Scouting Ireland from 2004 to 2018 and met at least once a year. National Council was the body responsible for amendments to the movement's Rules and Constitution. It also elected the Chief Scout and national officers. </p><p>It was replaced with a company general meeting structure in October 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-New_Board_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Board-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Board_of_directors">Board of directors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Board of directors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The board of directors is the non-executive <a href="/wiki/Supervisory_board" title="Supervisory board">oversight body</a> between general meetings of the company.<sup id="cite_ref-New_Board_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Board-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 2018, it consists of 10 elected members,<sup id="cite_ref-New_Board_17-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Board-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and up to 3 co-opted members. It receives reports from Heads of Department and has the authority to create structures and appoint heads for those structures. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="National_Management_Committee">National Management Committee</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: National Management Committee"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From June 2003<sup id="cite_ref-resignation_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-resignation-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> until October 2018,<sup id="cite_ref-New_Board_17-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-New_Board-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the National Management Committee (NMC) was the executive body which guided the association between National Council meetings. It made decisions relating to policies and strategies, and their implementation on behalf of National Council. The NMC, which included National and Provincial Commissioners, also handled representation of the organisation both nationally and internationally. The NMC also drove development of both the youth programme and materials to support the management of adult members and other supporters.<sup id="cite_ref-SIOrg_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SIOrg-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The NMC had the same membership as the Board of the not-for-profit company acting for Scouting Ireland when appropriate. As of 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit">[update]</a></sup> the association was in the process of merging with the company with the Board of Directors at the helm.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chief_Scout">Chief Scout</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Chief Scout"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Chief_Scout_(Scouting_Ireland)" title="Chief Scout (Scouting Ireland)">Chief Scout (Scouting Ireland)</a></div> <p>The leader of the overall organisation is the Chief Scout, who is its leading volunteer and public representative, chairs general meetings and other bodies, and makes key awards. The Chief reports to the board of directors. </p><p>The first <a href="/wiki/Chief_Scout_(Scouting_Ireland)" title="Chief Scout (Scouting Ireland)">Chief Scout</a> elected was <a href="/wiki/Martin_Burbridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Martin Burbridge">Martin Burbridge</a>, the former National Treasurer of Scouting Ireland (CSI). He was re-elected at National Council in 2007 for a second term which was due to end in 2010. For personal reasons Burbridge announced his resignation in August 2008, and the NMC elected <a href="/wiki/Chief_Scout_(Scouting_Ireland)" title="Chief Scout (Scouting Ireland)">Michael John Shinnick</a>, the then Chief Commissioner for Adult Resources, as SI's second Chief Scout in September 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-resignation_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-resignation-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MJS_1_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MJS_1-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was elected by National Council in March 2009, and again in 2012, for a term to end in 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-MJS_2_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MJS_2-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-MJS_3_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MJS_3-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Christy McCann was elected as SI's third Chief Scout in September 2015.<sup id="cite_ref-McCannChief_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-McCannChief-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Emergency2015_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Emergency2015-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> McCann was elected unopposed for a second term in April 2018, serving until February 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-mccann2term_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mccann2term-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Board20210208_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Board20210208-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2021, history was made when Jill Pitcher Farrell was elected as Chief Scout of Scouting Ireland. As a current Rover Scout, this was the first time that Scouting Ireland elected not only a female Chief Scout, but a Youth Member to this role. She was also the first to be elected at a company general meeting, rather than a National Council.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ITNoConfidence_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ITNoConfidence-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2024, Eoghan Callanan took over the role.<sup id="cite_ref-North_Cork_Callanan_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-North_Cork_Callanan-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template noprint noexcerpt Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:NOTRS" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:NOTRS"><span title="This claim needs references to better sources. (September 2024)">better source needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Membership_participation_in_governance">Membership participation in governance</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Membership participation in governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A National Youth Forum is held each year with representatives from the Scout, Venture Scout and Rover Scout sections. Representatives debate motions relating to the running of the association and their own sections. Successful motions are carried forward to the relevant national bodies, including general meetings. Each forum elects 9 representatives who then represent the interests of youth members on various committees throughout their term of office (generally one year). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Professional_staff">Professional staff</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Professional staff"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A staff of administrative and support professionals are led by Scouting Ireland's chief executive officer and based in the national office at the Larch Hill campsite.<sup id="cite_ref-Sheehan_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Sheehan-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_policies">National policies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: National policies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The organisation's governance is supported by a number of national policies, largely set by general meetings and overseen by the board of directors. In addition to policies on finance, personnel, uniforms and facilities, these include documents on the Youth Programme, adult resource management, and safeguarding. </p><p>The organisation maintains a risk management strategy and policy, an anti-fraud policy, a whistle blower policy, and a crisis management policy.<sup id="cite_ref-RiskCrisisFraud_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RiskCrisisFraud-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>There are also policies on adults in Scouting,<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> adults working with young people,<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and recognition for adult contributors.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Scouting Ireland maintains a Code of Good Practice, Garda vetting and Northern Ireland access policies, and guidance on reporting, social media and drug incidents.<sup id="cite_ref-PoliciesSafe_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PoliciesSafe-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Scouting_Ireland_S.A.I.#History" class="mw-redirect" title="Scouting Ireland S.A.I.">History of SAI</a> and <a href="/wiki/Scouting_Ireland_(CSI)#History" class="mw-redirect" title="Scouting Ireland (CSI)">History of CBSI</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Irish_Scouting_plaque_in_Dublin.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Irish_Scouting_plaque_in_Dublin.jpg/220px-Irish_Scouting_plaque_in_Dublin.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="222" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Irish_Scouting_plaque_in_Dublin.jpg/330px-Irish_Scouting_plaque_in_Dublin.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Irish_Scouting_plaque_in_Dublin.jpg/440px-Irish_Scouting_plaque_in_Dublin.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="505" /></a><figcaption>Plaque at 3 Dame Street, Dublin which marks the site of the first Scout meeting in Ireland</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Roots">Roots</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Roots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scouting Ireland has its history in two legacy Scouting organisations — the Scout Association of Ireland (SAI), formerly known as the Boy Scouts of Ireland, and the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Boy_Scouts_of_Ireland" title="Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland">Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland</a> (CBSI). The former traces its roots to 1908, and the latter was founded in 1927 – both trace their legacy to <a href="/wiki/Robert_Baden-Powell,_1st_Baron_Baden-Powell" title="Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell">Lord Baden-Powell</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Scout_Movement" class="mw-redirect" title="Scout Movement">Scout Movement</a>. </p><p>By 1908, the influence of Baden-Powell's Scout Movement had spread from Great Britain to Ireland. The first recorded meeting of Scouts in Ireland took place at the home of <a href="/wiki/Richard_P._Fortune" title="Richard P. Fortune">Richard P. Fortune</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Royal_Naval_Reserve" title="Royal Naval Reserve">Royal Naval Volunteer Reservist</a>, at 3 Dame Street, Dublin on 15 February 1908 where four boys were enrolled in the Wolf Patrol of the 1st Dublin Troop. The earliest known Scouting event in Ireland took place in the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Park" title="Phoenix Park">Phoenix Park</a> in 1908 with members of the Dublin City Boy Scouts (later <a href="/wiki/Scouting_Ireland_S.A.I." class="mw-redirect" title="Scouting Ireland S.A.I.">Scouting Ireland S.A.I.</a>) taking part. </p><p>Because of the impacts to available adult leadership, the coming of the <a href="/wiki/Great_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Great War">Great War</a> in 1914 could have affected the viability of Scouting in Ireland. Scouts contributed to the war effort in several ways, with the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Sea_Scouts" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Sea Scouts">Sea Scouts</a> supporting the RN Coastguard. </p><p>In <a href="/wiki/Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a> in the 1920s, two Roman Catholic priests, <a href="/wiki/Father_(title)" class="mw-redirect" title="Father (title)">Fathers</a> Tom and Ernest Farrell, followed the progress of Scouting. They noted that in other countries, the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> had taken up the idea of Scouting as a means of imprinting a Catholic ethos on young people. After some study and experimentation, they made a proposal to the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic</a> <a href="/wiki/Hierarchy_of_the_Catholic_Church" title="Hierarchy of the Catholic Church">Hierarchy</a> of Ireland and were granted a constitution and Episcopal patronage in November 1926. Thus, the <a href="/wiki/Scouting_Ireland_(CSI)" class="mw-redirect" title="Scouting Ireland (CSI)">Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland (CBSI)</a> (<i>Gasóga Catoilici na hÉireann</i>) was created. CBSI would later become the largest Scout association on the island. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parallel_operations">Parallel operations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Parallel operations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Although the two associations cooperated, particularly in international contexts, these two separate Scouting organisations (<a href="/wiki/Scouting_Ireland_S.A.I." class="mw-redirect" title="Scouting Ireland S.A.I.">SAI</a> and the much larger <a href="/wiki/Scouting_Ireland_(CSI)" class="mw-redirect" title="Scouting Ireland (CSI)">CBSI</a>) operated as separate entities through the latter half of the 20th century. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2004_Merger">2004 Merger</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: 2004 Merger"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 1 January 2004, the two organisations were merged to form 'Scouting Ireland'. Each organisation had added 'Scouting Ireland' to their names in the decade before the merger.<sup id="cite_ref-CSI_Image_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CSI_Image-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-future_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-future-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The merger was sanctioned in May 2003, when both associations agreed to join together to form a new single association. This in turn had followed from decisions in 1998 to set this process in motion.<sup id="cite_ref-merge_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-merge-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of February 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Scouting Ireland had over 45,000 members across the island of Ireland, including <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>, where it works in tandem with the <a href="/wiki/Scout_Association_in_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Scout Association in Northern Ireland">Scout Association in Northern Ireland</a> (SANI), which is part of <a href="/wiki/The_Scout_Association" title="The Scout Association">The Scout Association</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>. This number consists of 34,000 young people, and 11,000 adult volunteers.<sup id="cite_ref-AnnualReport2020_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AnnualReport2020-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2019, the numbers were, over 38,000 were juvenile members, and 12,000 adult volunteers.<sup id="cite_ref-AnnualReport2019_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AnnualReport2019-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Controversies">Controversies</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Safeguarding issues resulted in controversy in 2017 and 2018, though the organisation and individual Scout Groups emphasised that operations continued as usual. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2015_death_of_scout">2015 death of scout</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: 2015 death of scout"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 6 December 2015, on a Scouting Ireland visit to the coast, 14-year-old scout Aoife Winterlich was swept out to sea. She died four days later. </p><p>The visit was to <a href="/wiki/Hook_Head" title="Hook Head">Hook Head</a>, County Wexford, during <a href="/wiki/Storm_Desmond" title="Storm Desmond">Storm Desmond</a>. Scouting Ireland did not accept liability for Winterlich's death until 2024 when a case brought against them by Winterlich's mother was heard in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dublin_Circuit_Civil_Court&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dublin Circuit Civil Court (page does not exist)">Dublin Circuit Civil Court</a>. The court found that Scouting Ireland should have accepted liability much sooner, and awarded €54,000 against the organisation.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2017_review">2017 review</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: 2017 review"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In July 2017, Scouting Ireland commissioned a review of the handling of child protection cases, which included an initial check on a small sample of more serious allegations. Arising from this review, led by safeguarding specialist Ian Elliott, a recommendation was made in November 2017 that the files on all historic cases of alleged abuse be further checked, in particular to understand if persons against whom allegations were made were still active in the organisation. The review did not make any assessment of allegations, major or minor, but noted areas for improvement in handling such cases, such as "without prejudice" suspensions instead of the then-operational "voluntary stepping aside" approach, and a recommendation against lobbying by accusees, which it concluded was happening in some cases. It was also reported that there were sometimes tensions between professional staff and volunteers, with the former feeling pressure from volunteers, while some volunteers perceived "heavy-handed" treatment of some allegations.<sup id="cite_ref-JP_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JP-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The organisation made changes to its processes in response to the work of Elliott, including implementation of the "suspension without prejudice" concept, pending investigation, and plans for recruitment of a <i>safeguarding co-ordinator</i> and additional child-protection officers.<sup id="cite_ref-JP_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JP-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Funding_suspension_and_officer_changes">Funding suspension and officer changes</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Funding suspension and officer changes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The historic handling of one case, dating back to 2009 and relating to allegation by a then-18 year old volunteer against an older volunteer, caused particular concern in public and governmental circles. This resulted, in April 2018, in the suspension of the remainder of <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Irish</a> State funding pending discussions with the relevant department.<sup id="cite_ref-JP_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JP-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the State funding accounting for one third of the organisation's budget, the suspension had a serious effect. The <a href="/wiki/Leo_Varadkar" title="Leo Varadkar">Taoiseach</a> himself commented on the handling of this case, and the Irish Times published an editorial on the handling of related matters. </p><p>Also in mid-April 2018, four senior figures in Scouting Ireland voluntarily stepped away temporarily from their roles, pending a barrister-led review of certain matters.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (April 2018)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Still standing aside as of October 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, these were the Chief Scout, re-elected in early April 2018, two Chief Commissioners, and a member of National Management Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-JP2_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JP2-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Governance_changes_and_funding_restorations">Governance changes and funding restorations</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Governance changes and funding restorations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Minister for Children partially restored State funding in June 2018.<sup id="cite_ref-fundingrestored_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fundingrestored-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Funding was again suspended when the Chief Scout was invited to chair an EGM called to reform governance structures, and again restored after the meeting voted in favour of proposed changes, and the entire board stood down, allowing a completely new board to be elected.<sup id="cite_ref-IT_181101_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IT_181101-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Cases_raised,_November_2018"><span id="Cases_raised.2C_November_2018"></span>Cases raised, November 2018</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Cases raised, November 2018"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In November 2018 Scouting Ireland officials and the Minister for Children, <a href="/wiki/Katherine_Zappone" title="Katherine Zappone">Katherine Zappone</a> noted to the relevant committee of the <a href="/wiki/Oireachtas" title="Oireachtas">Oireachtas</a> that a study of the organisation's records, and contacts from alleged victims, had revealed allegations related to abuse incidents, most notably from the 1960s to the 1980s. Most alleged abusers are dead, but where alleged abusers are living, Scouting Ireland has reported the allegations the <a href="/wiki/Garda_S%C3%ADoch%C3%A1na" title="Garda Síochána">Garda Síochána</a> and Ireland's child protection agency, <a href="/wiki/Tusla" class="mw-redirect" title="Tusla">Tusla</a>. To date, there was evidence of 108 alleged child sex abuse victims, from more than 400,000 members, and 71 alleged abusers (of whom 14 may have abused multiple children), out of more than 30,000 adult volunteers. Both records review and contacts are ongoing, and the numbers are likely to rise somewhat. The Minister noted that no alleged abuser is currently in Scouting Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-IT_181122_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IT_181122-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2020_sex_abuse_report">2020 sex abuse report</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: 2020 sex abuse report"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2019, Scouting Ireland commissioned Ian Elliot to undertake a "learning review" on the issue of sexual abuse within the organisation.<sup id="cite_ref-hikes_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-hikes-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The resulting report, titled "Historical Sexual Abuse in Scouting: A Learning Review", noted that the safety and wellbeing of young people had not always been prioritised "particularly through the eighties and nineties". The report found that there was "coverup and [..] a failure to report abuse".<sup id="cite_ref-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The full extent of abuse could not be determined as records were lost or destroyed.<sup id="cite_ref-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse_46-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The report stated that a "characteristic of the poor governance that existed in scouting was the existence of a culture driven by self-interest, with little attention paid to the young people involved".<sup id="cite_ref-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse_46-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There report also noted that there appeared "to have been an almost complete absence of any concern for the young people that were abused" and that, where attempts were made to support abuse victims or those reporting abuse, it was "poorly recorded".<sup id="cite_ref-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse_46-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The report criticised the emergence of small cliques which played too great a role in the operation of Scouting bodies.<sup id="cite_ref-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse_46-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Adults with a sexual interest in young people sometimes rose to positions of power and influence and controlled any fledgling accountability processes, preventing known offenders from being removed.<sup id="cite_ref-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse_46-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The report said "Cronyism thrived and remained a significant problem in scouting up to and including the reviewer's involvement with Scouting Ireland" (in 2017).<sup id="cite_ref-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse_46-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It also said that the introduction of an accountability framework was resisted and that "Individuals, who were suspected or known to be sex offenders, gained positions of power and became largely impregnable".<sup id="cite_ref-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse_46-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In his Executive Summary, Ian Elliot said that the existence of a "negative culture driven by self-interest, along with poor governance structures [were] the main cause of the continuation of sexual abuse in scouting".<sup id="cite_ref-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse_46-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also wrote that independent monitoring of practise and strict adherence to robust accountability procedures are essential for Scouting Ireland to ensuring that the progress that Scouting Ireland made in this area continues.<sup id="cite_ref-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse_46-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He wrote that those who volunteer to be Scout leaders should realise that to be a volunteer is a privilege, and that volunteers should expect to have their behaviour scrutinised and commented upon.<sup id="cite_ref-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse_46-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> If a volunteer's behaviour falls below standards, they should be helped raise it above the standard, and if they cannot raise their behaviour that they should leave Scouting. If their behaviour is a risk to young people, this should be reported immediately to statutory authorities.<sup id="cite_ref-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse_46-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He also wrote that the protection of children is not just the duty of a professional safeguarding team, but of every adult in the organisation.<sup id="cite_ref-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse_46-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He concluded that Scouting Ireland is a considerable organisation that makes a "valuable contribution to the lives of many in Ireland today", but that the organisation must learn from its history to eliminate abuse and mismanagement and that "The volunteer is not supreme. The young person is.".<sup id="cite_ref-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse_46-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rte-report-finds-failure-to-report-scouting-ireland-abuse-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2020, the report was published by the organisation which confirmed that the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland (CBSI) and the Scout Association of Ireland (SAI), which merged to form Scouting Ireland in 2004, identified at least 275 known or suspected sex predators across the two organizations, mainly dating from the 1960s and 1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-sexabuse_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sexabuse-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scouting Ireland backed the findings of the report and issued an apology.<sup id="cite_ref-sexabuse_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sexabuse-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, a former CBSI Scout leader was jailed for sexual assaults that occurred during the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2021_"No_Confidence"_motion"><span id="2021_.22No_Confidence.22_motion"></span>2021 "No Confidence" motion</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: 2021 "No Confidence" motion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the annual general meeting in 2021, the members approved a <a href="/wiki/Motion_of_no_confidence" title="Motion of no confidence">motion of no confidence</a> in the board, with regard to the changes made since the change to a company-only structure.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Campsites">Campsites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Campsites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Campsite" title="Campsite">Campsites</a> and Scout centres in Scouting Ireland may be operated by local groups, with a number owned centrally and managed by the national organisation itself. <a href="/wiki/Larch_Hill" title="Larch Hill">Larch Hill</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tibradden" class="mw-redirect" title="Tibradden">Tibradden</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Dublin" title="County Dublin">County Dublin</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Lough_Dan_campsite" class="mw-redirect" title="Lough Dan campsite">Lough Dan</a> near <a href="/wiki/Roundwood" title="Roundwood">Roundwood</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Wicklow" title="County Wicklow">County Wicklow</a> were inherited from Scouting Ireland (CSI) and Scouting Ireland S.A.I. as national campsites. Other nationally owned campsites include <a href="/wiki/Mount_Melleray_Scout_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Mount Melleray Scout Centre">Mount Melleray Scout Centre</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Knockmealdown_Mountains" title="Knockmealdown Mountains">Knockmealdown Mountains</a> near <a href="/wiki/Cappoquin" title="Cappoquin">Cappoquin</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Waterford" title="County Waterford">County Waterford</a> and <a href="/wiki/Castle_Saunderson_International_Scouting_Centre" class="mw-redirect" title="Castle Saunderson International Scouting Centre">Castle Saunderson International Scouting Centre</a>, a new campsite in <a href="/wiki/County_Cavan" title="County Cavan">County Cavan</a>, as well as a water activity centre in <a href="/wiki/Killaloe,_County_Clare" title="Killaloe, County Clare">Killaloe</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Clare" title="County Clare">County Clare</a>. Locally run campsites include <a href="/wiki/Kilcully" class="mw-redirect" title="Kilcully">Kilcully</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Cork" title="County Cork">County Cork</a>, <a href="/wiki/Collon" title="Collon">Collon</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Louth" title="County Louth">County Louth</a>, Dundrum International Scout Campsite, Dundrum, County Tipperary, Castleconnell Scout Campsite, County Limerick and Glendale Lodge, Glencree, Enniskerry, County Wicklow.<sup id="cite_ref-kilcully_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kilcully-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ScoutingIreland.comTipp_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ScoutingIreland.comTipp-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SI.comWick_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SI.comWick-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scouting Ireland have published a map of their campsite network including both national and local campsites.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Scouting_Ireland_Jam%C3%93ige.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Scouting_Ireland_Jam%C3%93ige.jpg/220px-Scouting_Ireland_Jam%C3%93ige.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Scouting_Ireland_Jam%C3%93ige.jpg/330px-Scouting_Ireland_Jam%C3%93ige.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Scouting_Ireland_Jam%C3%93ige.jpg/440px-Scouting_Ireland_Jam%C3%93ige.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption>Beaver and Cub Scouts at Scouting Ireland JamÓige event 2016</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_participation">International participation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: International participation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Irish_Scouts_at_the_2015_World_Scout_Jamboree_in_Japan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Irish_Scouts_at_the_2015_World_Scout_Jamboree_in_Japan.jpg/220px-Irish_Scouts_at_the_2015_World_Scout_Jamboree_in_Japan.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Irish_Scouts_at_the_2015_World_Scout_Jamboree_in_Japan.jpg/330px-Irish_Scouts_at_the_2015_World_Scout_Jamboree_in_Japan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Irish_Scouts_at_the_2015_World_Scout_Jamboree_in_Japan.jpg/440px-Irish_Scouts_at_the_2015_World_Scout_Jamboree_in_Japan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="720" /></a><figcaption>Irish Scouts at the 2015 World Scout Jamboree in Japan</figcaption></figure> <p>The organisation and its legacy associations are represented in several international forums. As of 2020<sup class="plainlinks noexcerpt noprint asof-tag update" style="display:none;"><a class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit">[update]</a></sup>, Scouting Ireland is the sole <a href="/wiki/World_Organization_of_the_Scout_Movement" title="World Organization of the Scout Movement">World Organisation of the Scout Movement (WOSM)</a>-recognised body in the Republic of Ireland, and works with the Scout Association in Northern Ireland (which also has a Baden-Powell Scout Association group). In 2014, Scouting Ireland won the bid to host the 16th <a href="/wiki/World_Scout_Moot" title="World Scout Moot">World Scout Moot</a>, which was intended to take place in 2021, but was cancelled due to the impact of the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wsm2022_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wsm2022-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Memberships">Memberships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Memberships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1965, CBSI joined with SAI to form the Federation of Irish Scout Associations, FISA. Through FISA, Irish Scouts were able to play a full part in international Scouting. Prior to this, because the WOSM traditionally recognises only one Scouting body in each country, only SAI had been recognised by WOSM (since 1949).<sup id="cite_ref-stats_58-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-stats-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Similarly, the Northern Irish Scout Council (NISC) had observer status in the Federation, as CBSI's membership extended across the <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Ireland" title="Counties of Ireland">32 counties</a> on the island of Ireland and WOSM usually only recognises associations that observe political boundaries. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Individual_representation_and_recognition">Individual representation and recognition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Individual representation and recognition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A number of Irish people have held office at international level, including as Chairman of the European Scout Committee and as Vice Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/World_Scout_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="World Scout Committee">World Scout Committee</a>. <a href="/wiki/Howard_E._Kilroy" class="mw-redirect" title="Howard E. Kilroy">Howard E. Kilroy</a> served as Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/World_Scout_Foundation" title="World Scout Foundation">World Scout Foundation</a>'s Investment Committee.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2001 <a href="/wiki/John_Geoghegan_(Scout)" class="mw-redirect" title="John Geoghegan (Scout)">John Geoghegan</a> was appointed director of the <a href="/wiki/World_Scout_Foundation" title="World Scout Foundation">World Scout Foundation</a><sup id="cite_ref-WSF_60-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSF-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Six Irish Scouts have been awarded World Scouting's only award, the <a href="/wiki/Bronze_Wolf_Award" title="Bronze Wolf Award">Bronze Wolf Award</a> by the <a href="/wiki/World_Scout_Committee" class="mw-redirect" title="World Scout Committee">World Scout Committee</a>, Edward J. Montgomery (1977), Desmond Fay (1984), Jeremiah Kelly (1985), Howard Kilroy (2010), Therese Bermingham (2015), <sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Máire Fitzgerald (2023).<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Jamborees">Jamborees</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Jamborees"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Irish_Scout_Jamboree" title="Irish Scout Jamboree">Irish Scout Jamboree</a></div> <p>Scouting Ireland hosted <a href="/wiki/Jamboree_2008_(Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamboree 2008 (Ireland)">Jamboree 2008</a>, its first international <a href="/wiki/Jamboree_(Scouting)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jamboree (Scouting)">Jamboree</a>, from 2–10 August 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-Leinster_Leader_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leinster_Leader-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was held at <a href="/wiki/Punchestown_Racecourse" title="Punchestown Racecourse">Punchestown Racecourse</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Kildare" title="County Kildare">County Kildare</a> with the aim of celebrating one hundred years of <a href="/wiki/Scouting" title="Scouting">Scouting</a> in Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-Leinster_Leader_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leinster_Leader-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Around 12,500 Irish and overseas Scouts attended the event.<sup id="cite_ref-Leinster_Leader_63-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Leinster_Leader-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The next Scouting Ireland National Jamboree, "<a href="/wiki/JamboR%C3%AD_2018" class="mw-redirect" title="JamboRí 2018">JamboRí 2018</a>" was held in 2018 at <a href="/wiki/Stradbally" title="Stradbally">Stradbally</a>, County Laois, with 4,000 in attendance.<sup id="cite_ref-leinsterexpress_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-leinsterexpress-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-LEWatch_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LEWatch-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Partnerships">Partnerships</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Partnerships"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Scouting Ireland has a number of international partnerships, including with the <a href="/wiki/Lesotho_Scouts_Association" class="mw-redirect" title="Lesotho Scouts Association">Lesotho Scouts Association</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and with Denmark's largest Scout Association, <a href="/wiki/Det_Danske_Spejderkorps" class="mw-redirect" title="Det Danske Spejderkorps">Det Danske Spejderkorps</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DDS_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DDS-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Created in 2012, the "Crean Challenge" is an annual partnership between Scouting Ireland and <a href="/wiki/Bandalag_%C3%ADslenskra_sk%C3%A1ta" title="Bandalag íslenskra skáta">Bandalag íslenskra skáta</a> (BIS), the Icelandic Boy and Girl Scout Association. Irish Scouts travel to Iceland to improve their winter skills, navigation and mountaineering. The challenge is named after Irish <a href="/wiki/Polar_exploration" title="Polar exploration">polar explorer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Crean_(explorer)" title="Tom Crean (explorer)">Tom Crean</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Scouting_in_Northern_Ireland" title="Scouting in Northern Ireland">Scouting in Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaisce_%E2%80%93_The_President%27s_Award" title="Gaisce – The President's Award">Gaisce – The President's Award</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Scouting_Ireland&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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