Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 October 2025

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community

Child Protection and Family Support: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Maurice QuinlivanMaurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I go back to the comment Ms Joyce made about needing more members of the Traveller community as social workers, foster carers and family support workers. I know Senator Rabbitte referenced the apprenticeship scheme they were doing in Cork, which obviously has the problem of being just in Cork. That is no disrespect to Cork or whatever. Could the witnesses give me any idea of what resource initiatives they would consider we need to have to attract more members of the Traveller community to get involved in these roles?

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