Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism

Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. David Doyle:

Back in the early 2000s there was a policy on enhancing the partnership and it was about a partnership between families, the HSE and service providers. We all got together and to provide a service you need a full partnership. When the HSE came on board that became viable and it was the master in a way. This is my personal point of view but we need to go back into a partnership approach between families, the person with the disability, the service providers and the Government. It needs to be a partnership; it takes a whole village to rear a family and provide for a person with autism.