Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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32. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason a guardian ad litem and rehabilitation centre (details supplied) in County Longford has not received significant funding owed to it by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency; and if she is aware of the financial difficulty this delay in funding is having on the centre's activities. [14837/16]

Katherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Under the Child Care Act, 1991, guardians ad litemare appointed by the Courts. The Child and Family Agency has statutory responsibility under this Act for payment of any costs incurred by a person who has been appointed by a court to act as a guardian ad litemin proceedings under the Act.

I have made enquiries with the Child and Family Agency and I have been informed that the Agency has been in contact with the party in question and is working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.

The Deputy's question has been referred to the Child and Family Agency and the Agency has been requested to issue a reply directly to the Deputy on the matter.