Ruairi Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We have all dealt with the issue of the cliff edge that can happen after secondary school, whatever about the issues beforehand. Obviously, the positivity from the earlier meeting was the fact there was a framework that will work for a good cohort of students who are autistic. It is a case of making sure that parents do not have to fight multiple battles. It is that piece of the Minister interacting with disabilities and with that part of the health system from the point of view of providing for the needs as required. Reference was made to the benefits whereby, if this works properly, we get someone into the education system and we then get them into employment. That is a benefit to them, to their families and also to wider society.

The other point I would go back to is that made by Roisin Doherty. Can we look at something with regard to expanding that engagement from a work and, hopefully, from a job activation point of view, as done by Trinity College, by engaging with more companies and using social protection, but also in particular by engaging with the enterprise engagement officers, if that is the right term? I accept that this may not come within the Minister’s bailiwick.