Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I congratulate Ms Logan on her appointment. In terms of the presentation by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission to the UN Human Rights Committee, Ms Logan referenced the views of that committee, and I followed that with a great deal of interest. She suggested that we probably should have a dedicated debate on that in this Parliament because what we are talking about here is our international human rights reputation. Our committee should discuss making the call that we have a parliamentary debate on that.

Traveller ethnicity was one of the issues raised. Our committee has produced a report and recommended that the State recognise the ethnicity of the Traveller community. I would like to get Ms Logan's thoughts on that and what she plans to do in her role in the time ahead.