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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Family-Centred Practice and Parent Training Interventions: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Pauline Tully: We are very short on time so I ask witnesses to keep their responses as short as possible.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Family-Centred Practice and Parent Training Interventions: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Pauline Tully: While we would love to talk more about this, unfortunately, we have to suspend the meeting to allow the HSE to come in. I thank all the witnesses, including Ms Kerrigan, Ms Tyner, Ms Ní Raghallaigh, Mr. Buttery and Mr. McSweeney, for joining us and sharing with us the very important work they do. We will be raising these issues with the HSE in the next part of the meeting and hopefully...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Family-Centred Practice and Parent Training Interventions: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Pauline Tully: I extend on behalf of the committee a warm welcome to representatives from the HSE. We are joined by: Mr. Bernard O'Regan, head of operations, disability services; Professor Malcolm MacLachlan, clinical lead for the National Clinical Programme for People with Disability, NCPPD; Ms Angela O’Neill, national disability specialist, community operations; and Ms Caroline Canton, national...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Family-Centred Practice and Parent Training Interventions: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Pauline Tully: I thank Mr. O'Regan. I will now call members according the speaking rota. Deputy Cairns will speak first.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Family-Centred Practice and Parent Training Interventions: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Pauline Tully: My first question is on the presentation this morning on family-centred practice and the briefing document the committee received. The content of the document mirrors what members heard from Triple P and Parents Plus. From talking to parents, it appears that many of them are not getting that sort of support. I hear of the CDNTs offering online courses on different issues but I hear from...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Family-Centred Practice and Parent Training Interventions: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Pauline Tully: The parents feel that the figures do not add up. One assumes that the majority of staff on a CDNT will be from the different disciplines such as occupational or physical therapy. I would like clarification on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Family-Centred Practice and Parent Training Interventions: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Pauline Tully: It is a diagnosis.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Family-Centred Practice and Parent Training Interventions: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Pauline Tully: Professor MacLachlan is making the claim that children do not need assessment of need but just need services. How you could decide what service they need without an assessment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Family-Centred Practice and Parent Training Interventions: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Pauline Tully: We know people need a diagnosis to get into special school settings, which is causing significant problems. With Down's syndrome, they do not need a diagnosis. You know roughly what children would probably need but every child is different and would have to be assessed.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters: Family-Centred Practice and Parent Training Interventions: Discussion (26 Jan 2023)

Pauline Tully: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Pauline Tully: I wish everyone a good morning. All research is welcome. A broad range of issues was researched on which people were engaged. As the Committee on Autism, we are interested in the findings from autistic people who engaged in the process. As a committee, we are tasked with coming up with a report and recommendations in a few months. Does Science Foundation Ireland have any advice for the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Pauline Tully: I thank the witnesses.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Pauline Tully: From our engagement with people over the past months many have said that it seems to make a huge difference if there is a positive experience at school, especially at primary level, if supports are there. It makes a huge difference to a child's ability as they grow older to progress further in education or into employment or to live independently. Has that been found or did it arise in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Pauline Tully: Has the Department of Education or, more specifically, the National Council for Special Education, NCSE, engaged at all?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Pauline Tully: The centre works with roughly three schools a year. I know the centre was founded in 2007. Is it since then or 2012?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Pauline Tully: It is very welcome. The centre works with 60 to 66 children and gives them individual attention and then there is also the whole-school model, but there is no whole-school model in the South.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Pauline Tully: How are the referrals made, particularly from the South?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Pauline Tully: Have the NCSE or the Department indicated they want to expand the service? It is still a pilot after all these years here. Do they want to make it more permanent and expand it? I know the centre may be working at its capacity but is there a possibility of expanding services by increasing the level of staff?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Pauline Tully: Mr. Lennon mentioned the North-South Ministerial Council. The Executive in the North is not meeting and, therefore, the council is not meeting. Is that curtailing the centre in any way?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (31 Jan 2023)

Pauline Tully: A point was made about being inclusive. A few people used the word "acceptance" today and last week. Some people have an idea that they are inclusive but they are not really accepting. That is where we need to move to. It is about creating awareness. It is about inclusion but it is also about effectiveness. That is important. The proposal to visit a school with which the whole-school...