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:

At present, according to the child care law reporting project, Dr. Coulter estimates that GALs are appointed in approximately 53% of all case. If one took that as a simplistic indicator-----