Malcolm Noonan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

Recommendation 7 refers to updating "the Traveller accommodation and planning legislation to improve general alignment of the different mechanisms". Our Department has communicated further with local authorities on undertaking and completing the Traveller accommodation programme, TAP, review, having regard to local authority plans for integrating TAPs within the development plan cycles.

Recommendation 8 refers to providing "planning guidelines for Regional Assemblies". That is part of a future work programme to be reviewed and revisited to establish an agreed interpretation of the recommendation.

Recommendation B.9, to "Provide the Regional Assemblies with a formal role in the advising on, coordinating and monitoring of the local ... delivery of Traveller accommodation at regional level", is also part of a future work programme. That has been paused until a governance recommendation is progressed.

Finally, recommendation B.10, to "Ensure that any ... national level agency/authority would [work to] incorporate a role in monitoring statutory plans and referrals", also is to be addressed alongside a governance recommendation.