Charlie McConalogue (Donegal North East, Fianna Fail)
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Question 540: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs her plans to develop a policy of the management and funding of the Guardian [i]ad litem [/i]as recommended in the Children Acts Advisory Board in 2009 and the Ryan Report Implementation Plan 2008. [18747/11]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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Under the Child Care Act 1991, Guardian ad litem provide a service to the Courts, where a judge may request that a Guardian ad litem is appointed to a child who is the subject of care proceedings. They are always appointed where a child is subject to Special Care proceedings. There is a commitment in the Ryan Report Implementation Plan, to engage with my colleagues to agree a future policy management and funding of the service. My Department has had preliminary discussions with the Department of Justice and Equality.