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
Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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It sounds like a three-stage process. The first stage is the procurement, the second stage is the new legislation and the third stage is the further legislation required in relation to the structure and where it is going to be placed, be that in the Courts Service or somewhere else. That has not even been decided yet by the Government in the heads of the Bill. You are going ahead with the guidelines for recruitment and training for GALs. The big questions are unanswered. Will that be in this Bill? Will it be a two-stage process or will we be back for further legislation in relation to the statutory placing of this?