Robert Watt says 'no evidence' Department of Health was 'prying on families'
RTÉ said the Department of Health was invited by RTÉ Investigates to participate in the programme, contrary to claims made by Watt.
By Adam Daly
Wednesday 5 May 2021, 2:16 PM
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SECRETARY GENERAL AT the Department of Health, Robert Watt, has told an Oireachtas committee that the Department has never gathered sensitive information on children with autism involved in legal cases against the State as “in the manner portrayed by RTÉ”.
Watt said there is “no evidence” the department was “secretly compiling dossiers” on children with autism or “prying on families”.