Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism

Autism Policy in Education: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Alan McGrath:

It sounds a little bit like us and them now, because the higher education institutions are funded through the Higher Education Authority, HEA, while the further education and training sector is funded through SOLAS. There is this demarcation. We have, of course, worked with Professor Shevlin and his team in setting up the work they do. As Professor Shevlin mentioned an emerging area, we are starting to see good practice starting to happen in education and training boards in further education. What we need to do now is to look at the best practice in this regard, as the Deputy said herself, and see how we can make this a bit more national at the system level. I am sure there is a way to work together on because we have done so before. It is just that the funding mechanisms for the higher education and further education sectors are slightly different at present.

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