Ms Sinéad Carr:

To be fair, I know the ombudsman has also signed off on that and indicated the office is satisfied it is being tackled now in a more appropriate manner. If the Deputy is asking me if I will stand over whether every single site is at an appropriate standard throughout the country, they are not. There is a lot of work to be done. It is much like when we are dealing with housing in its general sense. We also find people who are very vulnerable tenants who can also live in extraordinary difficulty because of the significant level of holistic supports that needs to go around them. I have been working with Travellers now for nearly 30 years in various forms, and I have found there is always a strong cohort for which just providing accommodation on its own and sorting out the immediate, superficial bits like cleaning up the site does not deal with the issue. The issue is an awful lot more ingrained. We need social workers, mental health supports and parenting supports. All the stakeholders need to work together to genuinely address this issue.