Micheál Carrigy (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Tully mentioned the Disability Act, about which I feel strongly based on discussions we have had over the past nine months. It is an issue that comes to the fore. As everyone has mentioned, the lack of services is an issue. I call on the Government to review the Disability Act. Such a review needs to happen. We need to give entitlement to services to children and young adults with autism. Currently they are entitled to an assessment but they do not have an entitlement to the services, intervention and therapy they need. My child and all our children are entitled to this so I fully support a review of the Act. I am a member of a Government party but I call on the Government to review and change the Act to ensure we give every child a right to therapies, services and interventions. That has to happen.