Mr. Fred McBride:

Sitting behind those checks is a more substantial document, and the committee is very welcome to have it. It is information we now require to be submitted by guardians ad litemwith their invoices. The document is three or four pages long and there are details behind the reasonableness check. We are probably operating at the limit of our powers to challenge these invoices. We have no legal authority to do so. The hourly standard rate is €125 for guardians ad litem. We were unable to set this. It had to be negotiated and discussed. We can speak about the rationale behind the figure. It was symptomatic of the lack of statutory power we have to control these matters and that is why we are faced with-----