Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 27 October 2022
Public Accounts Committee
2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report
9:30 am
Mr. Kevin McCarthy:
It will certainly be significantly more than €593 million. Our early estimates would be, at a minimum, more than 50% more. We have to take account of the fact that we are looking at a full year cost, but also the arrivals numbers are growing cumulatively. I have to place a caveat with very strong health warnings on any figures because it is entirely variable.
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