Written answers

Tuesday, 5 July 2016

Department of Children and Youth Affairs

Child and Family Agency Expenditure

Photo of Anne RabbitteAnne Rabbitte (Galway East, Fianna Fail)
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687. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amount paid by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, to all independent guardians ad litem, GAL, in 2015; and the amount which was paid to each individual to act as an independent GAL in the same year. [19157/16]

Photo of Katherine ZapponeKatherine Zappone (Dublin South West, Independent)
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Under the Child Care Act, 1991, as amended, the Child and Family Agency has responsibility for payment of any costs incurred by a person who has been appointed by a court to act as a guardian ad litem in proceedings under the Act. The Child and Family Agency has advised that, pursuant to this responsibility, the total amount paid in 2015 to guardians ad litemwas €8,976,386.18. The following is a breakdown of that amount:

Guardian ad litem – 2015 paymentsGrand Total
BARNARDOS - BEACON3,822,950.27
THE INDEPENDENT GUARDIAN AD LITEM1,304,481.76
CLAIRE QUINN307,465.14
CHILD AND FAMILY CONSULTANCY LTD272,095.52
JIGSAW TRAINING SOLUTIONS LTD268,305.34
CEILI O'CALLAGHAN CONSULTANCY LTD251,624.20
CARMEL MURPHY245,258.55
CHILD ADVOCACY SERVICES226,818.58
CELBRIDGE COUNSELLING SERVICE220,740.14
INDEPENDENT GUARDIAN AD LITEM SERVICE181,083.55
NATIONAL CHILDRENS WELFARE SERVICES171,574.09
INDEPENDENT SOCIAL WORK SERVICE170,739.78
CHILD FORENSIC SERVICES LTD162,622.23
TMM GUARDIAN AD LITEM LTD158,600.77
MAEVE DRUMMEY153,304.29
RENEE HANLEY141,467.92
LE CHEILE CHILDCARE SERVCES LTD125,181.19
DAVID KENNEDY T/A117,415.25
SOCIAL WORK CONSULTANCY IRELAND LTD114,512.62
ALPHA GUARDIAN AD-LITEM SERVICES111,203.97
JC GAL SERVICES LTD94,174.31
MARY O'SHEA T/A MARY MOLLOY62,352.70
SARAH TREACY60,683.60
PATRICIA MCKAY LTD59,840.98
INDEPENDENT SOCIAL WORK40,698.59
PAT DONNELLY34,401.89
CLARE OHARE34,025.57
MIEKE RYAN - MDR CHILD AND FAMILY26,367.77
MARY BIRD, GUARDIAN AD LITEM15,981.30
CHRISTINE JENKINS13,002.35
RAYMOND MCEVOY3,955.58
JOHN P MURPHY3,456.38
Grand Total8,976,386.18

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