Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism
Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed)
Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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It is an ideal situation to have the premises, but where there is not a premises available or we have a premises but for a variety of reasons it might not suit or whatever, it will be at the discretion of the board of management. Going back to what I said earlier, however, we will be able to showcase maybe after the summer a few different models. Mr. Hanlon said there is maybe one school that would do it. If schools are not doing it themselves, we have the outside provider or maybe there is another that will have a premises. In other words, we would be able almost to have a template for others next year which may like to follow. This is kind of a learning curve for us as well. It is a new departure but it has the potential to grow itself going forward.