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Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 23. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic policy unit of his Department. [22857/23]

Ceisteanna - Questions: Economic Policy (23 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Public liability insurance is a significant issue for those involved in adventure tourism, community centres and community organisations, many of which are facing possible closure. They are very lucky if they can get ridiculously high premiums. When will the Courts and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2022, which will address the duty of care and occupiers' liability, be dealt with...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I add my voice to the issue relating to the lateness of the leaving certificate results. It impacts on such institutions as Dundalk Institute of Technology, DKIT, in being able to offer positions to those coming from the North who may already have their offers of United Kingdom Accreditation Service, UKAS, positions. We need that to be dealt with. I also have a question in regard to...

Ceisteanna - Questions: Cabinet Committees (23 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: 10. To ask the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [22856/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I welcome the Minister of State and all the witnesses. It is good to see Dr. Niazi again. In fairness, Deputy Tully has dealt with much of it. We have all had the conversations about silo operations. I think we would all agree that if people got the service they wanted for their autistic kid, whether in primary care or disability services, nobody would be looking to be in CAMHS. The...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: There are spectacular gaping holes. Regarding that, we had the Irish Association of Speech and Language Therapists, IASLT, the Association of Occupational Therapists of Ireland, AOTI, the Psychological Society of Ireland, PSI, and others in here. We have been told for ages that workforce planning has been sorted. When I listen to Mr. Higgins and others, I am not quite sure we are there....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept that. Can we accept that we are in a bad situation regarding how many have come to us in the past while looking for service?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Can we accept we have a bad situation, in that we do not have the people in play? We have what we have. We need a plan to sort out the workforce planning in order that we will have enough in the future. What can we offer at this point in time? The silo system does not work. People just want an answer to the problem.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: A huge number of people do that. An awful lot of these jobs are a hard station and the Minister of State is also dealing with people's frustration, which is not necessarily right but that is what happens.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Yes. What about the silo issue and game of ping-pong that happens?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: But no wrong door.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Once the person is dealt with, yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I thank the Minister and her officials. I welcome an awful lot of what has been said, particularly when the Minister spoke about flexibility. Am I right with regard to summer provision that the Department is engaging across the board and has opened it up to any group that may want to operate within reason, obviously, and even if they do not have a premises, there is the possibility of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I am just making sure.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: I accept that and I know there can be particular issues in that regard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: That is all vital. In fairness, I welcome the fact that the Minister spoke about learnings. We all talk about learnings being made, which they have been and will continue to be. We will not get this perfectly in one go. It is about delivering this to as many children and families as possible who require it. When we talk about provision of autistic spectrum disorder, ASD, units, I have...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Built-in universal design.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: Also, the notion of a two-year run-in for parents of those with disabilities to apply.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: In fairness, it is an issue on which I have engaged with the Minister before. It is just that we sometimes hear of a fear in schools around provision. For example, if things break well for a school in relation to the SNA allocation and it gets double, it will be only too delighted like anybody else, but sometimes schools are afraid to make an appeal in case there is row-back and they might...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (23 May 2023)

Ruairí Ó Murchú: No.