Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 October 2022

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 40 - Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Chapter 13 - Guardian Ad Litem Follow-up Report

9:30 am

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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I have ten minutes and that very short question I asked Mr. McCarthy has taken a third of that time without getting a reply. Essentially, the Red Cross was relied on very heavily. In fact, there has been quite a lot of criticism about people not being followed up. That was to be where quite a sizable amount of accommodation would be provided and, even now, we are hearing from people. On the voluntary nature of that, was there a projection in respect of what was going to be required to support the likes of the Red Cross? Did the Department have any role in that?