Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 February 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism

Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Marc Ó CathasaighMarc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party)
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Mr. Hession has kind of pre-empted where the substance of my question is going. We have concentrated on and talked a lot about people who are on disability allowance but Mr. Hession is saying probably the majority of people who have autism are not on disability allowance. We need to reach out to employers and make sure the accommodations are in place. There is probably a role for employer workplace training, not just in the Intreo offices but in all the places where autistic people work, which could be any place.