Click here to read the Safeguarding Children Policy and Guidance.
Click here to read the full report of the Review of Child Safeguarding Practice in the Religious Congregation of Sisters of Mercy undertaken by The National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland (NBSCCCI).
Click on the below links to read the Southern Province Response to the Recommendations of the Review of Child Safeguarding Practice in the Religious Congregation of Sisters of Mercy undertaken by the NBSCCCI.
Recommendation 1 – Protocol applicable for Sisters working in external organisations
Recommendation 2 – Safeguarding Children – Information for Young People/Posters/Leaflets
Recommendation 3A – Southern Province – Information Leaflet for Complainants/Survivors
Recommendation 3B – Support of Former Residents
Click here to read the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy Statement in Response to the Review of Child Safeguarding Practice in the Religious Congregation of Sisters of Mercy undertaken by the NBSCCCI.
Click here to read the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy Safeguarding Children Information -Policy, Principles and Guidance Manual.
The Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy, Southern Province invited the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland (NBSCCCI) to conduct a review of safeguarding practice.
If you have any concerns about Safeguarding Children in the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy, Southern Province, we invite you to contact any of the following:
Cleo Yates
Designated Liaison Person
087-3553024
or
Kate O’Connor rsm
Deputy Designated Liaison Person
087-9865490
or
NBSCCCI
01-5053124
or
An Garda Síochána
Harcourt Street
Dublin 2
01-6663435
or
TUSLA
01-7718500
Safeguarding Children Structure
Cleo Yates
Safeguarding Manager for Children
Sisters of Mercy, Southern Province
Provincial Office
Bishop Street
Cork.
cleoyates@mercysouth.ie
021-4975380 – 9.00 am – 5.00 pm Monday to Thursday and 9.00 am – 4.00 pm Friday
087-3553024 – Out of Office Hours
Kate O’Connor rsm,
Deputy Designated Liaison Person
087-9865490
