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:

No, that is not what I am telling the Vice Chairman. The caravan loan scheme is its own scheme but the local authorities themselves provide caravan accommodation where accommodation is substandard. Obviously, the occupier has to pay a rent. We also help fund the emergency replacement of mobile homes where they have been damaged by or lost to a flood, storm or whatever it may be. If there are Traveller families living in very poor accommodation, they should be getting in touch with their local authorities. The authorities would then get in touch with us and we would see what we could do. We do not want to see anyone in very substandard accommodation through the winter. Last year, we provided 82 caravans, mobile homes, demountable dwellings and accommodation pods in those circumstances. This is something that we do and people should make contact with their local authorities.

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