Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 4 March 2015
105. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs in respect of the €8,664,012.21 expended on guardians ad litem in 2014 to set down the number of persons receiving such payments in 2014; and if he will provide details in tabular form by decreasing value of the total payment made to each guardian ad litem in 2014. [9437/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraUnder 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 Agency has informed me that its financial system does not provide the ability to obtain, from invoices from guardian ad litem organisations, the number of individual guardians ad litem involved. It has further advised that the nature of the guardian ad litem payments are to settle invoices received from individual guardians ad litem or guardian ad litem organisations for services provided in accordance with their appointment by the Courts in family law proceedings.
