Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism

Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Noeleen Smith:

I cannot see why it would not be successful. We have children who went to early intervention schools and, again, the parents had to pay privately for occupational therapists to visit those schools. All of the parents would pay privately, which is not right, but they did that and an occupational therapist would visit regularly. That was a fantastic support to the teachers and, obviously, to the children also.