Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 25 October 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism

Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed)

Dr. Susan Crawford:

Not that I am aware of, no. That could be one of those gaping holes that we look at and ask why there is not a space that looks at this, that grasps the nettle and that brings these Departments together to work together in that regard. There is not one of which I am aware, no. That is probably why it is so disjointed.

Interestingly enough, the Deputy just asked if there was any unit within the disciplines of education and health, etc. If there are pockets of the HSE that do not even know what is going in each other’s areas, we have a big body of work to do here.