Department gathered information on children with autism without parents' knowledge

According to RTÉ Investigates, the Department of Health has been using confidential information to build dossiers on children with autism who were involved in legal actions against the State.

The Department of Health has built dossiers on almost 50 children with autism who were involved in legal actions against the State, a whistleblower has claimed.

The dossiers include sensitive medical and educational information about the children who were involved in historic legal actions against the State.