Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 October 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community

Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. Brian Dillon:

There are probably three or four points there addressed to us. I will start with the Deputy's question on whether funding would threaten our autonomy. I do not believe so as we are being very careful to build our own capacity as we progress. We are conscious that this capacity and any kind of potential we have depends totally on the extent to which we can build what might be called a workforce. That is what we are building - a Traveller workforce that understands this and that is able to deliver it. As regards overstretching ourselves and asking whether we can look at education processes and so on, right now, we are involved in a learning process to see how we can progress. We are working to a clear growth plan. We see that as something that is part of our future expansion. We are trying to expand on the accommodation bit first. It is probably just a strategic issue for now.

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