The National Board for Safeguarding Children was established in 2006 in order to develop policies that would foster the prevention of child abuse in the Catholic Church in Ireland. Its main goals are to offer advice on best practice, to assist in the development of procedures and to monitor practices. Its members have a good deal of experience in dealing with the problem of sexual abuse.
On 30 November 2011 the board issued six reports into the dioceses of Tuam[1], Kilmore[2], Ardagh[3], Dromore[4] and Derry[5].