Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 8 November 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism
Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Mark Darmody:
Whatever the recommendation, the same people will be in charge. It is like back in the day when someone asked the Garda to investigate the Garda. It was just the way it was. Without being critical, we need a new system. We also need oversight. As to what this committee will recommend, who will implement it? If it goes into the hands of the same entity, we will be back here in a year or two or ten.
I ask that the committee consider these two significant issues. Speaking as a family member, finding someone would give us a fighting chance. It is farcical. The Minister of State, Deputy Rabbitte, informed us that the HSE had written to her to say that it was attempting to source someone, but my wife has just found someone. It is beyond frustrating, but we will move on to another point, as they say.