Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am just making the point that while regular solicitors are very adept, they are doing speeding fines in the morning and dealing with these cases in the afternoon. We are talking about public law proceedings involving the State and vulnerable children who are before the courts. They are probably some of the most vulnerable children yet Dr. Lynch is telling me that the guardian ad litemservice, which exists to speak up for the child, does not even exist in such cases. How did the Department choose to exclude the juvenile courts?