Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I will give some brief information on the yellow flag programme. Those flags are awarded to schools if they are inclusive and anti-racist. Schools must have a whole programme on inclusion of Travellers and Traveller culture, but also on other potentially excluded cultures. That programme is running in a limited number of schools, however. Yellow flags will be presented to six schools in the audiovisual room here in Leinster House this Thursday, but there is no core funding for the programme. If such funding existed, the programme could be expanded to many other schools. I say that because some schools are Traveller friendly while others are not. An inclusive programme of that sort for all schools would be very beneficial and would help with a situation such as that experienced by Mr. McDonagh's brother. I refer to young Traveller children who feel they do not fit in school, are not being treated properly and are not fully included.