Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 January 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism

Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Pat BuckleyPat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)
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Dr. Roddy provided additional notes on the lack of psychotherapy, art therapy and other therapies. I encourage everybody to get a hold of those and read them. They are frightening. Dr. Roddy covered most of it.

In terms of silos, how do we mentally and physically break down the attitude of Departments? All the witnesses have referred to the issue. We could call it the cross-departmental box of frogs. Half of the education board is working with the witnesses and the other half is not. Some CHOs do not work the same way as the Department. How do we systematically put down a marker that these are the rules from here onwards and this is the way it is going to work and completely change everything?