Joe O'Reilly (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Absolutely. I have experience as a local authority member and a member of the Traveller accommodation committee of a local authority for many years so I relate to many of these issues that apply on the ground. I relate to the practical working out of these issues.

The identifier, Mr. Benson said, is not an ethnicity identifier per se. Would there be a problem that Travellers expect the worst of all of us and consequently try to hide their identity to get a better outcome? Can we get over that problem?