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 Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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I thank Dr. Lynch for that. He might not have thought some of it was directly related but it has followed through everything we have discussed here in public session. I learned something here today about who is eligible for guardian ad litem, or GAL, as Dr. Lynch refers to it, which is a term I hope I do not see in the new legislation, as I have said.

Dr. Lynch will send the note to us. It is a benefit to the public as it presumes that we are dealing with all vulnerable children in the courts. Pardon my ignorance, but it is a good day when we learn something new. Are there other questions?