The safeguarding committee promote and implement best practice by:
- Developing a three-year strategic plan, to include communication and training needs for church personnel, parish safeguarding reps, and other volunteers
- Reviewing and updating policies and procedures
- Implementation and analysis of activities related to child safeguarding, e.g., training and annual parish self-audits
- Ensuring, with the Church Authority, that the appropriate child safeguarding personnel are in place
- Upholding the three standards in practice and behaviour.
The Safeguarding Committee are responsible for the ongoing development and implementation of best practice, policy, and procedure in parishes throughout the diocese.
The Committee developed the Safeguarding Children Handbook which was launched in November 2012 pdf.
Members of the Child Safeguarding Committee 2025:
- Fr Brian Broaders, Assistant DLP & Interim Chairperson
- Fr Aodhán Marken
- Margaret Harper
- Eilis Teal
- Eileen Neville
- Damien Quigley
- Pat Roche
- Lisa Delaney, Director of Safeguarding/DLP
Child Safeguarding Trainers for the Diocese of Ferns are: Fr Aodhán Marken, Fr Gerald O’Leary, Lisa Delaney & Fintan Fanning