Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism

Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Deirdre Archbold:

CAMHS will not deal with them. The parent of the child who is looking for a residential place - I could name her, as she would have no problem with that, but I will not - has not slept in her own bed in two and a half years because her daughter is attacking her younger son and she has to sleep in the same room as the child. As loud as the child will be, she can sneak into his room at night. The parent is screaming for residential places or even respite, but she is getting nothing.