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
Mr. Kevin McCarthy:
It could certainly be a number of years. I cannot it would be as many as ten years but it could certainly be a number of years. Part of the reason for that would not just simply be how long the initial processing of the application takes, but also that people who get a negative decision can appeal and they may be in the system awaiting an outcome of an appeal.