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Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

I thank all of the Deputies for their contributions this evening in what is an important debate. Deputy Martin Kenny mentioned reports being left on the shelf. One commitment I have given, as have the members of the committee, which is why we have an all-party parliamentary group on autism, is that so long as all of us are in these Houses the report will not sit on a shelf. I have to work...

Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I compliment all involved on a very interesting and sensitive debate, which was needed. I also compliment them on the manner in which it was dealt with. I recognise the efforts made by all of the people involved to identify and empathise with the families and the sufferers themselves. Incidentally, somebody made reference to the Upper House and the Lower House. This is the Upper House....

Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

Pauline Tully: The Seanad is the Upper House.

Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

Question put and agreed to.

Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 7 p.m. go dtí 2 p.m., Dé Céadaoin, an 20 Márta 2024. The Dáil adjourned at at 7 p.m. until 2 p.m. on Wednesday, 20 March 2024.

Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

Pauline Tully: I thank all my colleagues for their contributions to this discussion. It is not really a debate; it is a discussion. I thank the Minister of State not just for being here and participating in this but for all the work she does in this area. I am really looking forward to the launch of the autism innovation strategy. It is great to hear it is just a few weeks away. She said it was...

Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

Robert Troy: I welcome the opportunity to contribute to this debate. I welcome my constituency colleague to the Lower House. I am not sure whether his party colleague would do so, but I certainly do. I compliment him on the good work he has done in the area of autism. I know he is personally involved and he brought that personal commitment to this report. I congratulate him and his colleagues on...

Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank everybody who participated in this evening's debate. I do not think it was a debate. To be quite honest, I think we are all on the same page. That is very important. When you have met one autistic person, you have met one autistic person. Let us understand the line. That is the baseline here. Perhaps every Department other than my own needs to understand that. When you have...

Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: I am loath to interrupt but we have to try to get everybody in.

Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I have a tendency to go over my time.

Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: We know that, but the Deputy has knowledge of this serious subject. We try to accommodate everybody insofar as possible. We will now try to accommodate Deputy Buckley.

Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State for being here. The report contains 109 recommendations, but the committee probably could have made more. A great deal of work went into the report, which is a blueprint for how the services should be run. It tells the true life stories of the witnesses who appeared before the committee, provides details of the expert reviews and so on. This was probably the...

Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

Marc Ó Cathasaigh: I echo Deputy Buckley's point that the committee worked very hard and in a collegiate fashion. Much of that is down to the Cathaoirleach, Senator Carrigy, who deserves great praise. We were very much supported by AsIAm in that work. We had an initial private session with Adam Harris at which we said all the things we were afraid to say in public session. We got to road test them and to...

Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

Bernard Durkan: We are endeavouring to get everybody in, as this is a very important subject from the point of view of sufferers and families. As we will do so, that means we have to curtail the time a little in each case from here on. I call Deputy Martin Kenny.

Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

Martin Kenny: I commend the committee on the work that has been done. It affects every public representative in this House and beyond. We continually deal with families who have issues and difficulties with a child awaiting a diagnosis or having difficulty accessing services. Trying to struggle and manage all of that has caused huge stress and anxiety for mothers and parents throughout the country. We...

Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: I will add my voice to what has been said, in the sense that a spectacular piece of work has been done by the Oireachtas committee. I thank Senator Carrigy, Deputy Tully and everybody who worked on the committee, of which I was not a member but I sort of inveigled myself in. I have a tendency to do that. The Minister of State will not be shocked, exactly. We dealt with a huge number of...

Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

Anne Rabbitte: I thank Deputy Tully and the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Autism for sponsoring this evening's motion. I thank her, Senator Carrigy and all who participated in that valuable committee. I thank all of the participants who came before the committee, of whom there were many. I acknowledge the presence of AsIAm tonight and a lot of the families and participants who are watching this evening....

Report of the Joint Committee on Autism: Motion (7 Mar 2024)

Senator Miche?l Carrigy: I am very grateful to the Dáil Business Committee for selecting the final report of the joint committee for debate this afternoon. I am also grateful for the opportunity to speak here as Chairperson of the former committee. I thank Deputy Tully for moving the motion and I thank all my fellow members of the joint committee, whose hard work is reflected in this...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Network (7 Mar 2024)

Neale Richmond: I sincerely thank Deputy Murphy for bringing up this issue. I welcome the opportunity to discuss this topic with Members on behalf of the Minister for Transport. I understand that the Deputy’s question primarily relates to the current system for calculating funding allocations for the protection and renewal of the regional and local road network. I will provide some information...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Network (7 Mar 2024)

Verona Murphy: That is probably what is required. I appreciate what the Minister of State read out and that he is standing in for the Minister. I will give him some examples of where it seems Wexford is being disadvantaged vis-à-vis other counties. This is how rural counties fared in the 2011 road conditioning survey as regards. At that point, the percentage of roads in Wexford to be reconstructed...

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