Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 September 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community
Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Paul Benson:
There is a mid-term review of Traveller accommodation plans coming up. In December, we will be halfway through the current plans. We will ask local authorities to try to do more in this area in terms of identifying specific objectives. In time - within a matter of months or a year, although it may take longer if a plan is not up for review - that could be incorporated in development plans. However, that is on paper. To get them on the ground is the next step and I cannot put a timeframe on that. It must go through a whole series of legal and planning processes before there could be anything on the ground.
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