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 Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source

A GAL is needed for as long as a GAL is needed. Having said that, the system as designed appears almost to incentivise the prolonging of the engagement. How is that going to change or is it? That really comes back to institutional design. Is that being put into the scenarios even in terms of the new legislation?

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