Hildegarde Naughton (Galway West, Fine Gael)

On the one-stop shops, AsIAm has proposed to establish a new model of support called a one-stop shop. This, as the Deputy stated, was successfully implemented in Scotland in 2005. One-stop shops provide a focal point in the community for autistic people and their families to access guidance and support. AsIAm has signed a lease at Swift's Alley for the one-stop shop east premises.

That serves Dublin south, west Wicklow and Kildare. It is finalising a lease in Galway. The one-stop shop west is now operational in a temporary premises provided by Ability West in Tuam. It is actively meeting the community on co-designing future offerings in its permanent premises. It is in training and service development. We funded two CHOs in relation to that.