Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 5 November 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community

Traveller Health: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Colette KelleherColette Kelleher (Independent) | Oireachtas source

We are coming to the end, but I have a few questions. One question, which is for the Irish College of General Practitioners and the HSE, in particular, is whether you think there is prejudice among HSE staff and GPs towards Travellers. What is your honest opinion on that? What happens when that arises? Are the appropriate measures, such as disciplinary action and so on, followed through?

The second question is a very practical one. We had the Department of Health in two weeks ago, and it said it was down to the HSE to publish the health action plan. Is that the HSE's understanding of that? When is that going to come out?

Do you accept there is a Traveller health crisis? When would you expect Traveller health and the general population's health to be one and the same? Will it be in two years, five years, ten years or 20 years? I do not mind who answers those questions and in what order, but I would like to hear from you all.

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