Michael McCarthy (Cork South West, Labour)
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265. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to develop an autism specific database for children and adults; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9943/14]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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The Value for Money (VFM) and Policy Review of Disability Services recommended reviewing the resources engaged in data collection, the overall information requirements necessary to support monitoring and reviewing disability services provided and the contribution which is being made from existing databases. In that context, my Department, in conjunction with the HSE, has committed to review current information systems and to examine the development of robust information systems to meet the core objective in relation to planning, monitoring and evaluating health and personal social services. The VFM Review and the Expert Policy Group Report did not make any recommendations in relation to a condition-specific database. Neither my Department nor the HSE have plans to develop such a database at present.