Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism
Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed)
Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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I thank Deputy Ó Murchú, who I acknowledge to be passionate about this area. In respect of primary care psychology, we have run a waiting list initiative for the past three years to get anyone waiting longer than 52 weeks off that list and seen. However, the referrals into primary care psychology from 2020 to 2022 saw an increase of 48%.