Do you have a past or present concern about a child or vulnerable adult?
If that is the case, please feel free to contact us or any of the other agencies named below who will listen to your story. Whichever route you choose, clear child protection procedures will guide our timely response to any concerns or allegations regarding the safety of a child or vulnerable adult, whether historical or current.
We will respond with compassion and fairness to anybody who was abused by a member of the Order or by those who work on our behalf. All such responses will be undertaken in consultation with the Gardaí, and Tusla – The Child and Family Agency.
Should you wish to engage directly with us please speak with our Designated Liaison Person, Mr. Tony Murphy (087 2211235) or via email: safeguarding@augustinians.ie.
A range of other independent channels are offered in the contacts list below with links to source a local Social Worker and/or a local Garda Station, see Other Contact Options below.
Clear child protection procedures will guide our timely response to any concerns or allegations regarding the safety of a child, whether historical or current. We will respond with compassion and fairness to anybody who was abused by a member of the Order or by those who work on our behalf. All such responses will be undertaken in consultation with the Gardaí, and Tusla – The Child and Family Agency. Should you wish to engage directly with us please speak with our Designated Liaison Person, Mr. Tony Murphy (087 2211235 or safeguarding@augustinians.ie).
- Tusla, Child and Family Agency, The Brunel Building, Heuston South Quarter, Saint John’s Road West, Dublin 8. D08 X01F. Tel: 01 7718500 / Out of Hours (6pm – 6am nightly & W/Ends 9am – 5pm): 0818776315. Email: info@tusla.ie
To source contact details for a local Social Worker please follow this link: https://www.tusla.ie/services/child-protection-welfare/contact-a-social-worker/
- Gardaí National Protective Services Bureau, An Garda Síochána, Harcourt Square, Dublin, 2. Tel: 01 6663430 / 01 6663435.
Garda Website: https://www.garda.ie/en/
To source contact details for a local Garda Station please follow this link: https://www.garda.ie/en/Contact-Us/Station-Directory/
- HSE National Counselling Service - hse.ie
- One in Four, 2 Holles St; Dublin 2. Tel: 01 6624070. email: info@oneinfour.ie One in Four is a professional, independent and confidential counselling and advocacy service part funded by charitable donations, fundraising and Government funds.
- NBSCCCI (National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland), New House, St. Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Co. Kildare. Tel: 01 5053124. email: admin@safeguarding.ie
- Toward Healing, P.O. Box 5654, Dublin. Tel: 1800 303 416. email: info@towardshealing.ie Toward Healing is a professional, independent and confidential counselling service funded by the Bishops, Religious & Missionary Union in Ireland.
- Toward Peace, Columba Centre, Saint Patrick’s College, Maynooth, Co Kildare. Tel: (01) 5053028 or 086 7710533. email: towardspeace@iecon.ie The vision of Towards Peace is to provide a safe supportive space, where people who have been affected by abuse in a Church context can be accompanied as they seek their own experience of spiritual peace, one step at a time.
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Augustinian Province of Ireland
16 Zion Road
Rathgar
Dublin 6
D06FA30
email: info@augustinians.ie
Tel: 01 4851516