Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 15 October 2019
408. Deputy Margaret Murphy O'Mahony asked the Minister for Health the funding that is to be provided in 2020 for an autism plan to improve services for persons with autism and their families. [41926/19]
View answerBudget 2020 provided €2 million for a range of measures under an Autism Plan.
The additional funding secured will be used in the following priority areas:
- To implement a programme of awareness raising that can provide a better information resource for children and parents about what supports are available.
- A campaign to assist in creating awareness of the challenges, needs and experiences of people with autism.
- To build capacity and competence amongst key professionals working with autism – including a national training programme for clinicians and the implementation of a tiered model of assessment in order to improve access to and responses by services for those with ASD.
