David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Traveller accommodation is subject to the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998. Each local authority is required to develop a Traveller accommodation plan and it is up to each local authority to deliver on its plan. The Department allows for an overall spend nationally but does not set targets for an overall figure of units. We established that earlier. Is it not the case that over the past three years while funding has increased, most local authorities are not even reaching their own targets? We know that six of the 31 met their targets. Ten had no delivery at all and the rest did not reach their targets. Is it fair to say that responsibility for the failure to deliver Traveller accommodation lies with the local authorities?