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| Headquarters | Larch Hill | ||
| Country | Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland | ||
| Founded | 1 January 2004 | ||
| Founder | Richard P. Fortune (1908), Tom and Ernest Farrell (1927) | ||
| Membership | 50,000 (As of 3 June 2016) |
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| Chief Scout | Christy McCann | ||
| Affiliation | World Organization of the Scout Movement | ||
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Website http://www.scouts.ie |
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Scouting Ireland (Irish: Gasóga na hÉireann) is one of Ireland's largest youth movements, with over 50,000 members including over 12,000 adult volunteers. It is a prominant feature of Irish life, having been founded in 2004 following the amalgamation of two of the Scouting organisations on the island. It is the World Organization of the Scout Movement-recognised Scouting association in the Republic of Ireland. In Northern Ireland it operates alongside The Scout Association of the UK. It is a voluntary, non-formal educational movement for young people.
Scouting Ireland is independent, non-political, open to all young people without distinction of origin, race, creed, sexual orientation, spiritual belief or gender, in accordance with the purpose, principles and method conceived by Lord Baden-Powell and as stated by WOSM. The aim of Scouting Ireland is to encourage the Social, Physical, Intellectual, Character, Emotional, and Spiritual development (known as the SPICES) of young people "so that they may achieve their full potential and as responsible citizens, to improve society". Of the 750,000 people between the ages of 6 and 18 in Ireland, approximately 6% are involved in Scouting Ireland. The process of founding the new organisation came on 21 June 2003, after a merger between Scouting Ireland C.S.I. and Scouting Ireland S.A.I. was announced, becoming effective on 1 January 2004. Its national office is at Larch Hill, County Dublin.
The association is headed by the Chief Scout, currently Christy McCann, supported by a National Management Committee. A professional staff team is led by Chief Executive Officer, John Lawlor.
Scouting Ireland has its history in two legacy Scouting organisations — the Scout Association of Ireland (SAI), formerly known as the Boy Scouts of Ireland, and the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland (CBSI). The former traces its roots to 1908, and the latter was founded in 1927 – both trace their legacy to Lord Baden-Powell's Scout Movement.
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