The Parliament of Catalonia has closed its inquiry into the former Directorate General for Child and Adolescent Care (DGAIA), approving conclusions that identify shortcomings in the oversight of child-protection services without assigning political responsibility to named individuals.
For children and families who depend on Catalonia’s protection system, the inquiry’s conclusion records parliamentary concern about how services were managed, but it does not establish political blame. Most parties backed the final report, while Junts per Catalunya voted against it, according to parliamentary reporting published on 22 July 2026.
Inquiry examined the former agency’s work from 2011 to 2025
DGAIA was the Generalitat body responsible for child and adolescent care. The Parliament unanimously agreed to establish the commission of inquiry, covering the former agency’s activity between 2011 and 2025, during a plenary sitting reported by ACN.
The commission was created after a joint proposal from the Socialists’ Party of Catalonia (PSC), Esquerra Republicana de Catalunya (ERC) and Comuns. Junts, the People’s Party (PP), Vox, the Popular Unity Candidacy (CUP) and Aliança Catalana also supported its creation.
Parliament had already called for changes to child protection
In an earlier parliamentary motion, deputies called on the Govern, Catalonia’s regional government, to immediately adopt observations and recommendations from the Sindicatura de Comptes, the public audit body, on public procurement and the awarding of foster-care services. The audit body had identified irregularities, according to reporting on the motion.
The same motion said the former DGAIA needed a “profound change” to its management system in order to protect minors. It also supported creating an inquiry to examine service planning, protocols, contracting arrangements, subsidies, resources, costs and financial management.
The final inquiry conclusions were approved by a divided Parliament, with Junts per Catalunya opposing the report.
Reported by Marta Lasalas, Vicenç Pagès, Maria Pratdesaba /ACN, ARA, E-Notícies, Nura Portella, ACN, Camilo S. Baquero, Gisela Boada,Carlota Camps, russpain.com.
