Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I sit on the Joint Committee on Autism. The petitioners appeared before the committee and we discussed this matter. The committee will lay a final report before both Houses by May of this year created time constraints but there was general agreement, very similar to the recommendations of this committee, that the Joint Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen and the Joint Committee for Autism support the provision of these supports and services. I will be interested in seeing the responses of the relevant Departments. I understand where the family is coming from and I hope we will get a proper and timely resolution to this matter.