Rabbitte: Department may have compiled dossiers on up to 400 disabled children 

Disabilities Minister Anne Rabbitte held a meeting with autism charity AsIAm on Tuesday. Picture: Julien Behal Photography

The Disabilities Minister has told the AsIAm autism charity that as many as 400 families may have had dossiers compiled on them by the Department of Health.

Fiona Ferris, the deputy chief executive of the organisation, said in a webinar on Tuesday night that Anne Rabbitte had made the comments during a meeting that afternoon, at which she also reiterated her desire to have the Department of Health's report – conducted on their behalf by a senior counsel and which the department said showed that nothing illegal was done in compiling the information – published as soon as possible.