Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism

Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Pauline TullyPauline Tully (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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My niece is an occupational therapist who worked in England in the NHS for a number of years. She is back in Ireland now. She is not working directly for the HSE, but for another organisation. She says that one of the main issues is the lack of accountability within the HSE, which is what Mr. Darmody is saying. There is no accountability. There is no head of progressing disability services who can ensure that they are properly resourced, planned and delivered. When I raised this point with the HSE, it told me that it was looking at that now. There is a committee that people are feeding into, but they are probably heads of several other areas within disabilities. It is not-----