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:

My recollection is that it would have been part of the discussion in setting up Tusla and in transferring all the services and commitments of the HSE. It would have been a policy decision at the time. I recognise it is not at all ideal and it is what we are moving away from.