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:

There was a reuse of elements of the savings, certainly within the early years sector, to provide things like reopening supports and other targeted sectoral supports. Obviously, we would have an ongoing dialogue with Tusla in terms of needs in a particular year and we would have ongoing dialogue with colleagues in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform around need.