Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The fact that the service is demand-led leads to problems in terms of budget prediction. We might come back to that issue. It is also a very sad situation because on the basic figures we have, as has already been pointed out, Dublin gets the best representation. We are utterly dependent on child care law reports. Dublin got 70% of the guardians appointed, Cork got 17% and Galway city got 13%. We have a large proportion of children without representation in court or without a guardian ad litem. That is the first point. Second, that has saved the bacon of Tusla and the HSE because if judges had appointed more guardians ad litem, they would be in serious trouble because the cost would be off the chart. Is that not correct?