Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 24 September 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community

Traveller Mental Health: Discussion

Mr. Patrick Reilly:

I would make one final point. Speaking for Minnie and Martin, in my statement I spoke about the frequent mental distress. That is the frequent mental distress. The study that was carried out showed that 62% of Traveller women and men reported that their mental health was not good for one or more days in the past 30 days compared with 19% of the settled community. Looking at it, when Travellers wake up in the morning it is frequent mental distress all day, every day.

There are issues in the school or in the social welfare office, as Mr. Martin Reilly pointed out. Ms Connors spoke about the constant worry. Travellers experience mental distress all the time. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. That is the frequent mental distress Travellers suffer.

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