Ms Margaret Casey:

I compliment Mr. Collins on the points he made in respect of Traveller accommodation. I had the privilege of working with him for a long time. He is one of the greatest activists in Ireland. Everything he said regarding needs and crises happening to the Traveller community is true. I am here to provide a different perspective, however. I am a director of Cena. It was designed by Travellers. "Cena" is a Gammon word for "Traveller home". Cena is a proven lead housing body. Although it has been in existence for a relatively short time, we want to bring about solutions and change. In that regard, we have designed and built homes for Travellers. We have built the capacity of Travellers to work with each other in the context of the design and implementation of homes and designing what culturally appropriate homes look like. We have worked in 13 counties so far. We have facilitated engagement in terms of Travellers relating to each other, the design of Traveller-specific accommodation that meets their needs and what that means. We have been very successful in supporting Travellers to work with Travellers. We have bought and designed homes for Travellers and we continuously consider what culturally appropriate accommodation means to Travellers. We are coming here with solutions in the context of Traveller-specific accommodation. It is important that Travellers have their own solutions. Cena was set up to bring a solution to the Government and society in the context of what a home actually means to Travellers. As Mr. Collins, who is a very good colleague of mine, no more than the Cathaoirleach, stated, Government policy has failed Travellers so far. I will hand over to Mr. Dillon, who will discuss the implementation of what we have done.