Lisa Chambers (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I agree with the Chairman that, to a large extent, this does come down to finances as well. He was correct to make the point that it is a lot of money to spend on a particular service when we cannot get basic psychological services, speech and language therapy and early intervention services for children. It is a fair point to make.

Mr. Finlay said that the average salary paid to a GAL under Barnardos' service is approximately €75,000 and that, on average, they would see about 25-----