Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 19 June 2025

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community

Funding Strategy for Traveller-Specific Accommodation: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Patrick O'Sullivan:

No, I do not get that sense at all. The evidence over the past five years has demonstrated that local authorities are much more proactive in spending and delivering. We now have the evidence base through the summary of social housing assessments. The increased preference is for standard housing. We are preparing, in line with the Traveller accommodation programmes, to have the funding in place, particularly through the NDP review, for Traveller-specific accommodation. We provide the funding for that very narrow cohort.

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