Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 1 July 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community
Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed)
Ms Roslyn Molloy:
I will add to the point I made earlier about application forms. Ethnic identifier is one element. A second, and it is a recommendation in the expert report, is that being able to express first, second and third preferences on accommodation type would, potentially, improve accommodation options. As Mr. O'Connor mentioned, an oversight group is looking at this but there was also a call for monitoring of the data, particularly on Travellers. As this new information starts to be collected, we will be able to work out what the barriers are, and the progress being made, on social housing waiting lists.
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