David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will ask about the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission, IHREC, report and work. It has made a number of recommendations to both local authorities and I am sure our guests are probably aware of that. For Cork, IHREC referred to ensuring the assessments of need for future TAPs include an estimate of the number of Traveller families and households for whom accommodation will be required at the commencement and conclusion of the programme and the need for sites, as required in the legislation. It also referred to the need to ensure accurate statistical data and stated that future surveys should be carried out with peer researchers, Travellers and so on. It also identified the need to ensure a process of identifying locations for smaller halting sites and to ensure the council and Traveller community engage with each other. What is the relationship in Cork between the Traveller community and the council at the moment? Perhaps the witnesses would also comment on the IHREC recommendations.