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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I cannot get my head around this. Ms O'Mahony's six-year-old child was put on psychiatric-based medication and is seen every three months in respect of blood pressure. Did she also say blood salts?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It is bloods generally - blood pressure and-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The heights and weights.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: For how long was he seen every three months?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: That got him to about ten or 11.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: What does that mean?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: What does it even mean to be "signed off"? He is an 11-year-old boy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: They signed off an 11-year-old boy and he continues to take medication with him being signed off.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Medication is essential.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Fine; we accept that. However, what about the supervision and management? He was "signed off" at 11 and he is now 16. He has gone through puberty in that period and presumably a significant growth spurt if he is 6 ft 2 in. He would have had significant emotional and personal development in that time and yet nobody has seen him.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am sorry. I do not know what to say other than to apologise to Ms O'Mahony.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am aware.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Does anyone else have that experience?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I outlined a case in my constituency where not only was it not being positively proactively managed, but it was forgotten entirely. Do any of the witnesses here believe their child's case is being proactively managed either by the HSE or CAMHS?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: It was just a script for three months. Was there any follow-up?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: Was there any supervision?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: The reason I ask is that is the most basic level of supervision that a child can be put under. Without wishing to be in any way crude, it is mind-altering medication of necessity. It is inappropriate to put a child on mind-altering medication without even supervising them every three months. In Ms Poole's case it is five years.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I am aware.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: How did they put it up without weighing him or-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Autism: Autism Policy: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Sep 2022)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: I could discuss this all day, but I am out of time.