Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 21 March 2024
Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community
Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed)
Eileen Flynn (Independent) | Oireachtas source
It is about education. Ms O'Sullivan is talking about the Equal Status Acts. There are 40,000 Travellers in Ireland. Activists are educated about the Equal Status Acts because we are in the sector and we know where to go. Many members of the Traveller community would not have the first knowledge about those Acts to enable them to decide to take a case. Many do not know about them. If, for example, my brother was refused somewhere, he would not know his rights.
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