Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 September 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism

Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Jennifer Carroll MacNeillJennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The reason I ask is that is the most basic level of supervision that a child can be put under. Without wishing to be in any way crude, it is mind-altering medication of necessity. It is inappropriate to put a child on mind-altering medication without even supervising them every three months. In Ms Poole's case it is five years.

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