Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 January 2017

Public Accounts Committee

Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service

9:00 am

Photo of Josepha MadiganJosepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Working with the Department of Justice and Equality is, in my view, important, particularly if we look at the Legal Aid Board, as the witness mentioned earlier, and how it works. In terms of guardians ad litemthemselves, Northern Ireland, the UK and Wales pay a set salary, which therefore disincetivises the GALS. I am not at all casting aspersions on them individually. There are very tragic and harrowing cases and it would give more transparency. Would the witness accept that?

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