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- Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017) Josepha Madigan: From our perspective of looking at the public purse, the timing is quite interesting-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017) Josepha Madigan: -----of when there was an interest in reforming the system.
- Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017) Josepha Madigan: It might have expedited it slightly. I welcome-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017) Josepha Madigan: I welcome that and I welcome the fact that the witness acknowledged in his opening statement that the situation is dire and has to be changed. The guardian ad litemservice should never be incentivised to support a care order. That was mentioned in the Law Society submission and by other interested parties. It seems to me that when Tusla is the payer of the guardian, looking at it from an...
- Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017) Josepha Madigan: Why did that arise in the first instance?
- Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017) Josepha Madigan: It is more the system than the guardian ad litemservice itself, in the sense that the system facilitates that the guardian ad litemis paid more if there are more reviews or if a hearing takes place and continues on. If we look at it from the child's perspective, I have a major issue with it. It is good that the witness is accepting that today. We have to be the voice of the child and that...
- Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017) Josepha Madigan: The witness is talking about an independent body in the future that would pay-----
- Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017) Josepha Madigan: -----as distinct from Tusla.
- Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017) Josepha Madigan: Has the witness spoken to the Department of Justice and Equality about this? It is something that could be worked on.
- Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017) Josepha Madigan: Working with the Department of Justice and Equality is, in my view, important, particularly if we look at the Legal Aid Board, as the witness mentioned earlier, and how it works. In terms of guardians ad litemthemselves, Northern Ireland, the UK and Wales pay a set salary, which therefore disincetivises the GALS. I am not at all casting aspersions on them individually. There are very...
- Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017) Josepha Madigan: Would the witness accept the set salary system used in other jurisdictions? Does he think that is a better route?
- Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017) Josepha Madigan: Would that include salaried legal representatives also?
- Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017) Josepha Madigan: I think that it would. It is being done in other jurisdictions successfully enough. It is certainly better. The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs has said that this is not fit for purpose.
- Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017) Josepha Madigan: I appreciate that the witness accepts that. I am conscious of the timeframe of this and I know the witness is talking about the latter half of the year. What is the specific timeframe and who is the Department consulting on this?
- Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017) Josepha Madigan: With regard to the training of guardiansad litem, I note Dr. Lynch referred to five years of social work and psychology as being important. A number of foreign nationals end up in State care unfortunately. Does Dr. Lynch that some form of cultural education could be considered?
- Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017) Josepha Madigan: Socioeconomic training is also needed because it, too, will have a bearing.
- Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017) Josepha Madigan: In terms of public procurement, will the tenders be open to individual guardians ad litemas well as organisations? If they are only open to organisations, there will no change.
- Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017) Josepha Madigan: In 2009, One Child International suggested moving towards a voluntary guardian system. Such a system is used in the United States where there are, I understand, 67,000 guardians. What is Dr. Lynch's view on the benefit of such a system to the taxpayer, which is what this committee is about?
- Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017) Josepha Madigan: It refers to a voluntary guardian system. Ms Fisher is nodding.
- Public Accounts Committee: Report of the Accounts of the Public Services 2015
Chapter 11 - Guardian Ad Litem Service (19 Jan 2017) Josepha Madigan: What is Dr. Lynch's view on that?