Disability Services
Dail Éireann — 2022-05-26
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Richard Boyd Barrett (PBP), Dún Laoghaire

Frankie is two. His parents, very worried, came into my office this week because a paediatrician and their own observation established that Frankie has very serious developmental delays, is non-verbal and is showing all the signs of severe autism. They got a letter stating he would be assessed within the legally required time, and then they got a phone call shortly afterwards from the disability network team stating it would be two years before Frankie would be assessed. That is a disgrace.

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Sitting date: 2022-05-26