Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 9 July 2019

Seanad Public Consultation Committee

Travellers Towards a More Equitable Ireland Post-Recognition: Discussion

Photo of Maire DevineMaire Devine (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

There is the idea of the nomadic culture but there is also just ordinary stuff like visiting family and friends. We need to go north to south. Leaving Brexit aside, will anybody give examples now of the difficulties at the Border? What is the legislation there as opposed the legislation in the Twenty-six Counties? I would like to know how that can be understood and whether we can do something about raising the profile of what happens at the Border. There are echoes of borders across Europe and the US, imposed ones, and what happens there. I would like to have a sense of what goes on when Travellers cross the Border to visit family and friends. Is it extra difficult?

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