Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism

Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed)

Dr. Niall Muldoon:

The chief commissioner had a great example. If people are building corporate entities around this way of thinking, there is money to be made and this is the right way to go. Invest now and look at the time and energy needed for what good looks like and then provide the money towards that. Then everybody has a clear path. The pressure on the HSE must be phenomenal if it is only trying to fix every three months. However, what if someone says, “I have a bit of space because everybody knows I cannot fix it in three months, but I need this for the next five years”? There is a sea change to be made in that regard.