Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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633. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 600 of 4 February 2014, the costs of guardians ad litem in 2013; the costs of guardians ad litem to date in 2014. [28051/14]

Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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In 2013 the final cost of guardian ad litem services (GALs), which were paid by the HSE, was as follows

GAL legal fees € 4,859,064

GAL Direct payments € 7,178,045

Full GAL costs€12,037,109

In 2014 the cost of GAL services paid to date by Tusla* (the Child and Family Agency) are as follows:-

GAL legal fees € 3,145,572

GAL Direct payments € 2,473,137

Full GAL costs YTD € 5,618,709

*Responsibility for GAL services transferred to Tusla on 1 January, 2014