The Report of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (The Ryan Report) was published on 20th May 2009. Following the publication of the Report a detailed Implementation Plan was prepared and published in July 2009.
The Government committed to full implementation of all ninety nine actions in the Ryan Implementation Plan. Implementation was overseen by a High Level Group chaired by the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs. The fourth and final progress report was approved by Government and laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas in March 2015.
Of the ninety nine actions contained in the Ryan Report Implementation Plan, ninety five are now complete and four are still outstanding. Of those four, three are the responsibility of Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, including the two referred to by the Deputy:
Action 75 – a professionally managed national archive of records of children in care; and
Action 76 – records of non-statutory agencies in relation to children in care to be secured in the national archive.
These actions are being addressed by Tusla through the implementation of the National Childcare Information System (NCCIS). I have sought an update on their status and will revert to the Deputy in due course.
