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
Colm Burke (Cork North Central, Fine Gael)
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I fully understand that much of this is not easy. In relation to people who go through the facility, has there ever been an assessment of the people who have left? For example, as regards those who left five years ago, has a full assessment been done of whether the facility was of benefit to them in real terms? We are talking about over 260 staff. This matter was dealt with in the committee previously. The budget for running the facility in 2020 or 2021 was €24 million. A small number of people are being looked after. What kind of results are we getting, say, five years later? Has anyone done any research on whether there is a better way of managing this facility?