Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 14 December 2023

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community

Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Brian Dillon:

Yes, we have received about ten of those in the past few years.

There are a whole load of reasons why things do not move forward in a Department. It can be personal energy and misunderstandings. I have no idea what it is in this case. However, I would say there is some confusion about the idea that Cena needs core funding. We do not need that. We are an approved housing body. Our strength going forward is in our independence. We do not want that funding or dependence. We are driven by Traveller voices, and we will feel it the minute we stop being driven by them. We do not want core funding and there might be a misunderstanding around that. This is more about spreading the Cena model. The benefits would ultimately be for the Traveller community, but immediately it is about the approved housing bodies that want to deliver the right way and want to work with us that is being held up. It is not core funding for Cena. It is important people understand that, because there might be a misunderstanding.

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