Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 22 October 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community
Traveller Health: Discussion
Mr. Jim Walsh:
We are frustrated. We want the plan. Perhaps when the HSE is before the committee members can ask about it more specifically. We have been told it will be ready in the fourth quarter. That quarter has already started, so from our point of view the clock is ticking and we want to get the plan so we can move forward with regard to actions and resources. Perhaps the committee can ask the HSE about this in a few weeks. Like I have said, we want to be part of driving and implementing the plan. It is an action in the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021. We included this action. It was not imposed by Europe. The Department of Health and the HSE included that action in the strategy because it is our responsibility to address Traveller health issues as a priority. The plan is there. It is our responsibility to deliver on it.
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