Dr. Salome Mbugua:

I want to add to that because Senator Flynn highlighted the key issues we have been advocating for in AkiDwA. This is about all front-line services providing what we call culturally competent services. Anybody who is providing a service should do so because the issue of culture and people not understanding other different issues which are happening in Ireland which are sometimes different to the culture where they are coming from can be difficult. AkiDwA has produced training on cultural competency. To date, Women's Aid and Ruhama have taken this training and we are calling everybody to take this training. This training has to be provided by people who experienced these kind of challenges when they went looking for services. We cannot provide training on the culture of Travellers; they have to be there. The Senator also mentioned the key issue of racism in children. We have racist bullying in residential areas and schools and that is why we go back to the curriculum and education for how we tackle these issues because we have to talk about them as well.