The information sought by the Deputy has been requested from the Child and Family Agency and I will respond directly to the Deputy when the information is received.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 42A
Since my holding reply to your Parliamentary Question (18213/17) of 11 April 2017, I have received the following information from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency.
Tusla has confirmed that it has no information regarding the reason €2.5 million was set aside for third party legal costs for the inquiry into the Grace case. I believe that this matter is more appropriate to the Department of Health.
I trust that this information is helpful.