Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism

Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Miriam Kenny:

You therefore need to look at the holistic view. If you have disparate organisations looking at the area, that may be missed. It is really important that the Departments start looking at this in a very different and very strategic way. That is not what we are seeing. Instead, one Department does some things but not others while another Department does other things again. As a parent in the middle of all of that, it is exceptionally difficult to get the right supports for your child. We should be looking at best practice internationally and seeing what we can adopt to the best of our----