Catherine Ardagh (Fianna Fail)
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Many of the points I was going to make have been raised, particularly on the reasonable accommodation passport and its use in the education sector for children going from early intervention ASD classes onto secondary school and university. It seems like a no-brainer and hopefully it will be in our recommendations in our report.

To Mr. Brabazon, I know myself the benefits of the EmployAblility scheme. I have used it in the past and it was very beneficial to our firm.

Are most of the participants on Mr Brabazon's scheme coming through the EmployAbility scheme or another scheme or are they directly employed without intervention? He may be able to answer that. Well done to them on all their work. Much the time we talk about early years and early intervention in this committee but it is really important to invest in adults with autism and provide resources for them in the future. Allowing people to live their best life with a job is the aim goal of every family for every child. I thank Mr. Brabazon and all the other contributors.