Ms Jacinta Brack:

I will make a comment on the pace of progress that is needed. We see in the past two or three years in particular, and since the introduction of the public sector duty, that a lot of bodies are reflecting on their equality, diversity and inclusion strategies and there tend to be new measures with some of the groups that are covered under the equality legislation over others. These should not be competing interests because Travellers often come as a footnote or come last on the charter of priorities within those. Something that is needed as a further effort would be an analysis of the funding that is available across the mainstream arts and culture strategies because that in itself could be happening at a quicker pace for Travellers. As Mr. Collins noted, there are a lot of community people engaged in some of these schemes already. However, a Traveller-specific bursary would be valuable in the interim.