Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 5 December 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Report of the Expert Group on Traveller Accommodation: Discussion
Colette Kelleher (Independent) | Oireachtas source
I understand the Traveller accommodation plan in Cork city has not yet been approved by the council. There are multiple issues with regard to Travellers in Cork. Welcome measures were included in the plan, which has not been approved, for example, with regard to Spring Lane where there are major issues for the people living on the site. There is a kind of desire and an anxiousness to get the plan presented by the officials over the line. Traveller organisations locally were very happy with the plan. It is important that it is approved. The clarification on timelines and the leeway of one month is helpful. Cork City Council may be the only council that has not adopted a plan. I do not know if that is the case, which is why I asked for clarification.
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