Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 17 July 2025

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community

Traveller Participation in Education: Department of Education and Youth

2:00 am

Ms Cliodhna O'Neill:

I completely take that point. We all know how important that one good person is, in lots of spheres. The role of the educational welfare officer as a warranted officer is to ensure that the child is attending education and to compel the school where necessary. They are available to people. The role of the community link workers that we are putting in place is to try to ensure that everyone is aware of those and to mediate that in a culturally sensitive way, be available to this community and make sure they are linked into those services.

I think that will be a very important asset in this space.

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