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 Josepha MadiganJosepha Madigan (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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It is more the system than the guardian ad litemservice itself, in the sense that the system facilitates that the guardian ad litemis paid more if there are more reviews or if a hearing takes place and continues on. If we look at it from the child's perspective, I have a major issue with it. It is good that the witness is accepting that today. We have to be the voice of the child and that is very important.