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

Dr. Fergal Lynch:

I think it was as a matter of administrative convenience as much as anything else. In 1991, it would have come under the health boards. It was transferred to the HSE when it was established in 2005. It was ultimately transferred to Tusla when it was established in 2014. It was essentially due to administrative convenience because both the HSE and subsequently Tusla would have had the necessary payment arrangements and systems in place to bring this about.