Eileen Flynn (Independent) | Oireachtas source

For the record, Garron Noone came off social media himself for his own mental health. I, for one, am delighted to see him back on social media. He is absolutely great craic. I am a very big fan of his. Last night, when he came back, he was thanking the migrants in this country for reaching out to him and supporting him. I want to put that on the record, instead of giving the misinformation that he was forced off. He decided to come off social media himself. He was not forced off. He decided it was the best thing for him to do for his mental health.

Moving on to my own item of the Order of Business, I call for a debate on adults being diagnosed with disabilities like autism, dyslexia or ADHD. There are thousands of adults in this country over the age of 50 or 60 who were failed by the system. Going back even 15 years ago, we were very judgmental as a society. If a member of a family had, say, a disability, a lot of families chose to hide it or to put the person into an institution. It is no longer like that but the cost for somebody to be diagnosed with autism is €2,350. That is just an estimated cost for an adult. Whether they are on social welfare or working, it will still cost that amount for that person to be diagnosed. This is for an adult who has been failed by the system their whole life. I urge that we have this conversation, perhaps if the committee on disability matters was set back up