Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 June 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2020 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

9:30 am

Photo of Brian StanleyBrian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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I do not see Deputies O'Connor or Carroll MacNeill yet. I will let members back in for a second round. It depends on who shows up but Deputy Verona Murphy is guaranteed a second round of questions with slightly less time. The Estimate for the guardian ad litemexecutive office in 2020 was €145,000. The outturn was €127,000, which obviously left an underspend of €18,000. At the time, that was attributed to the delay in legislation being enacted. What is the update regarding the establishment of the guardian ad litemexecutive office?