Mary Seery Kearney (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State. My focus, coming from my particular area, is on the effect of this on children. Some of the children living on these sites will talk about walking to school, seeing rats and being concerned that rats are running up and down the walls of trailers. It is harrowing to read in the No End in Site report about children living in those conditions. I urge that its recommendations be implemented and we have some sort of oversight. We have seen issues with other sites around the country and I know from representations I made, with my Seanad colleague, Senator Flynn, that the Minister of State intervened and stepped up when he was asked to do so. Using that experience, how can he reassure Traveller groups and the committee that the experiences of children on the site that was the subject of the report are not replicated across the country?