Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 March 2024

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community

Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Sin?ad Lucey:

The question there is why those other families are coming into the area. Do they not have access to accommodation in their local authority area? There could be all sorts of reasons for that movement, but at a national level where there is not a sufficient supply of Traveller accommodation families will move to where they think they can get access to services, even if that may mean doubling up on a site and putting pressure on existing services. It has be looked at in an holistic way and at a national level. If there is a lack of supply in one area, people will move to another area where they can access those services. That is human nature.

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