Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 17 January 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: Families for Reform of CAMHS

Ms Grainne Morrison:

No. Some 15% to 20% of the population is neurodivergent, whether dyslexic, dyspraxic or have ADHD or ASD. There needs to be a whole look over education in the HSE for autistic people. England does it. They do the Oliver McGowan mandatory training for everybody.