Ms Margaret Casey:

We have had a proposal with the Department for the past two years and a commitment that it will support Cena as an approved housing body and in line with a model of good practice for self-determination. Accommodation up to now has failed Travellers, as have local authorities, and we want to bring about solutions. There is the short-term need Mr. Collins and Ms Collins talked about, but we want to bring about a sustainable solution of Traveller-specific accommodation to meet the needs of the Traveller community for the next 70 years. We need other approved housing bodies to work with us and we will work with them, but we need a sustainable commitment from the Department. It has said since the beginning that it would give us that commitment but, to date, it has not honoured its word-----