Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is on the same matter. We had an excellent debate last night to mark World Autism Awareness Day. April is World Autism Month. Excellent contributions to yesterday's debate were made by Deputies on all sides of the House. Our motion was supported by all parties and Independents. The establishment of an-all party committee on the development of an autism empowerment strategy was central to that motion. I ask the Taoiseach, as the Head of Government, to state clearly that he supports the establishment of such an all-party committee so that we, as legislators, can come up with an autism empowerment strategy within six months. Such a strategy would support many of the issues being faced by children and adults with autism and their families.

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