Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 3 October 2024

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community

Irish Travellers’ Access to Justice Report: Discussion

10:30 am

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Are there no further questions, I thank Dr. Sindy Joyce, Dr. David Joyce, Professor Hayes and Professor Schweppe for their contributions. We may only have a few weeks left of the Dáil. We are looking to put forward quick, simple recommendations because we need change. At the end of the day, while we can go all over the place, the one place where we can actually effect change is by legislation and the only place in this State to do that is in this House. The committee will try to make practical differences although they may be small steps. We are not going to change the world overnight but we can make practical differences and if we make enough small differences, they will amount to quite a bit over time.

Next week, at 10 a.m. on Thursday, 10 October, we will meet the Commissioner for Human Rights for the Council of Europe, Mr. Michael O'Flaherty, to discuss issues pertaining to the human rights of Travellers and Roma. I propose that the committee adjourn until 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, 8 October, when we will hold a virtual private meeting. We will have our next public meeting at 10 a.m. on Thursday, 10 October. Is that agreed? Agreed.

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