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 would be happy to give the Chairman a note on this to clarify where we are coming from. In the first instance, public law cases deal with care orders which make major decisions about children's futures: whether they will be given foster care orders, interim care orders and so on. In private law cases, the State is not involved directly, so it is-----