Paul McAuliffe (Dublin North West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I may be creating a significant difficulty for the Government here, but what about all of the parents who have already paid these fees, now that we find out that one parent, because they were selected by the HSE, apparently without criteria, received payment?

I want to finish with one sentence from Mr. Darmody. He says he believes serious questions need to be asked regarding where the funding is coming from to pay his bill, or the HSE's bill as he puts it. It also appears that they are being treated differently from thousands of other families who are forced to pay for the same type of private autism assessment. I have to say that Mr. Darmody is very brave speaking up. There are many parents who would actually be grateful in the wrong sense of the word-----