Gardaí have confirmed a purposely devoted phone line has been set up to report child sex abuse.
The call centre will reportedly deal will calls 24 hours a day, and will operate with trained civilians and Garda officers.
Speaking about the launch Detective Superintendent Declan Daly, said the new phone line is very much needed, saying: “Child sexual abuse happens in Ireland and An Garda Síochana is there to investigate that and to protect the public.”
“This is just one of a number of initiatives we have rolled out in order to improve the service like the setting up of the Garda Protective Service Bureau, setting up the Divisional Protective Services Bureau, and our victim offices and phone lines.”
“These are all suites of changes that will improve our service.”
The new freephone line number is – 1800 555 222.