Joan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independents 4 Change) | Oireachtas source

I will emphasise one point. We had a private meeting earlier that Senator Flynn attended. She made the point that accommodation is key to everything else coming together. Accommodation would build the morale of the Travelling community and that of the children on the sites. It would build the morale of the communities around those sites. It would be like the working-class areas of Coolock 20 or 30 years ago, when they had a bad name. At that time, if you put Coolock down as your address, you never got a call from an employer. We have to concentrate on accommodation.

That will lead to better mental health, better education and children having more respect for their communities.