Dr. Rosaleen McDonagh:

I would also like to say that Traveller organisations provide information on Ms Lucey's service but Traveller organisations are under-resourced. It is not our mandate to be a service provider. Are we being realistic? If you have been evicted or denied accommodation, do you have the emotional, psychological, physical and financial strength in your heart, mind and body to start thinking about going to a solicitor? Some Travellers do, and I admire them, but, on the whole, when you are in the middle of a crisis and are minding a load of small children or your elderly parents, are you able to think about going to the local solicitor, who may not want you there anyway? We do not want to spend our whole lives having to secure our human rights through a legal process. That does not solve the problem as a whole. It may for individuals but, as a community, it does not move us forward and it does not put any responsibility on the local authorities.