Sources close to the board of St John Ambulance have confirmed that the report into historical child sexual abuse allegations in the organisation will be published early in the new year.
The report by the child law expert Dr Geoffrey Shannon was sent to the board two weeks ago.
There have been calls by survivors and political representatives for the report to be published immediately.
While the board has acknowledged in a statement that many people are eager to review the findings of the report, it has said it will be published for public consumption after its a legal review has taken place.
Today, there has been confirmation that it will be published early in 2023.
It comes as survivors and supporters hold a protest outside the Dáil from noon today, calling on the report to be published immediately.
In a tweet, one of the survivors, Mick Finnegan called on people to stand with him to help "break the silence".
He also called on Taoiseach Michéal Martin to use his final week "as leader of our great country" to stand with survivors of child sexual abuse as they call for the publication of the report.
Under the terms of reference of the review, which began in March last year, Dr Shannon was asked to examine how the organisation handled past allegations of child sexual abuse relating to a volunteer.
The review was also tasked with examining the current standard of child safeguarding.
Since then, the Minister for Children Roderic O'Gorman has expressed hope that the first aid organisation would publish the review and recently a cross party motion in the Seanad also called for it to be published.
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