Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 16 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism

Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed)

Dr. Gerald Craddock:

Not at the moment. However, in 2019 we carried out a review of the monitoring and Part 5. We are looking for more disaggregated data to come back from public bodies. In the autumn we will be looking at revising the questionnaire that goes out to public bodies. We are always a year behind in the data we publish. For 2025 we should have more disaggregated data, which will be not only on the types of people with disabilities working in the public sector but also at what level they are within the public sector. Again, we have seen people come in at a base level who then do not progress through the organisation. That is another key element we have got from the feedback - looking at where they are in the organisation and if they have progressed in the previous 18 months or two years.