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:

That is a fair comment. The design of the caravan loan scheme, which has been rolled out on a pilot basis, took over 12 months and involved very wide consultation with stakeholders, the principal stakeholder being Travellers. We set up that advisory group to advise the Department on how it could or should work. As I said, we had Traveller representatives, as well as representatives from National Traveller MABS, on that group. That worked quite well and that is the model going forward. We certainly welcome all consultation and input from stakeholders. That is the way we intend to proceed, whether that is on the design of accommodation, as I talked about earlier, or any of those initiatives. There will be advisory or consultative groups or whatever is appropriate for the particular work item.

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