Ms Sinéad Carr:

On resources, sometimes there is a tendency to treat Travellers as a homogenous group, and they are not. There is a variety of different needs. We need to be a good deal more adaptive and flexible in terms of meeting those needs. I mentioned before that there are 430-odd families in County Tipperary, of whom 30 are maybe more marginalised and need significant support. The accommodation unit on its own will never solve that issue. Those families need significant wraparound supports. Those supports include addiction services, mental health services and family support services. That is absolutely critical if we are to address this in the long term. Otherwise, we are only throwing good money after bad.