Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 9 May 2013
Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on the Department of the Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services for 2013
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised)
3:50 pm
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Autism, while disabling to some degree, is a pervasive development disorder. There is a need to capture the number with it. No one in any arm of the State can answer that question. All I ask is that the Minister of State consider including it in the next census, even if it is only on a once-off basis. In the run-up to the next census, he should engage with some of the groups involved and the Health Service Executive on collecting these data.
Perhaps there might be some engagement to try to capture such data because if one looks at them, one will see there is a significant deficit. It is a role the CSO, through the census, could help with.
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