Dr. Rosaleen McDonagh:

This may be my last opportunity to speak so I want to say that, woman to woman and Traveller to Traveller, I am delighted to see the Chair here. We now realise that the accommodation issue is not about money; it is about racism. If this was happening to the gay community or any other community, it would not be allowed go on so long. As a human rights commissioner I would also bring in the broader issue of racism towards people living in direct provision or people who are homeless. There is a whole systemic underbelly of Irish society that is not part of this new Ireland. We are not only leaving them behind but we are pushing them out further and further to the oceans.