Every parish is required to nominate a person who will act as a Local Safeguarding Representative

She / he will have the following responsibilities:

• To promote awareness of the Church’s child protection policies in their parish (with local and diocesan support)
• To ensure that the public has ready access to contact details for the Designated Person and relevant HSE officials
• To facilitate anyone in the parish in bringing an allegation or suspicion of child abuse to the attention of the Designated Person should they wish to have such support.

For more details please see our Safeguarding Children Policy and Procedures in our download section.