Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 21 March 2024
Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community
Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Christopher Bowes:
The hope with the public sector duty is that it would go beyond a pilot and that there would be a legal requirement to consider the needs of protected groups when making plans for how resources are spent. The hope is that it will go beyond simply training. The criticism of things like the public sector duty is that they do not have teeth and can be a tick-box exercise.