To help make Safeguarding a priority in Irish football the FAI have published some guidelines and useful material on their website http://fai.ie/safeguarding   

Remember all coaches and volunteers in our club must be Gardai Vetted and must complete Safeguarding Training to comply with our Child Welfare & Safeguarding policies and procedures. We appreciate all coaches and volunteers are busy with their own lives but this is very important to protect everyone in our care.

We would like to remind you that in our club the Chairperson (Ger Spillane) is our nominated Designated Liaison Person. If you wish to report a child protection concern you should speak to the Designated Liaison Person in confidence who will be responsible for making the report. Where the allegation or concern relates to the Designated Liaison Person you should without delay report the matter to the Deputy Designated Liaison Officer (Daire Coughlan) or other authorities.

The job of a Designated Liaison Person is to report abuse to professionals (Tusla) not to investigate.  Designated Liaison Persons must be Gardai Vetted and must have completed Safeguard 1 and Safeguard 3 training course.