Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 31 January 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism
Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed)
Ms Rosemary Steen:
I will begin and then hand over to the CEO. The future of the centre and our ability to provide more services is part of discussion under way between the board of the centre and both Departments. We had a meeting with both Departments in Armagh in November and it was a good, open discussion about our ambition as a board to expand our services. The Departments advised us before Christmas that they want to commence a landscape review, which is how they assess how to match the demand to the resources we have. We are at full capacity in respect of resources and the numbers we are currently supporting. I will hand over to Mr. Lennon to address that in more detail.