Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 30 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism

Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Jacqueline Campbell:

That is an area where, as I mentioned, through the specification which was rolled out out around the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS, additional funding could be directed at workforce to allow action to be taken on the waiting list. That is what we are seeing and probably what we will do. After this call, we can provide the committee with the latest figures which have been issued around that so that it can look at the impact of the funding.

That would probably answer the Cathaoirleach's question there. Currently, we are obviously in a different situation for adults. We are driving forward with this work but at the moment it is very patchy across the country where adults would be able to access support. That is why we are taking this additional work forward.

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