Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 9 October 2025

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community

Child Protection and Family Support: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 am

Photo of Anne RabbitteAnne Rabbitte (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes, it is 4% of dedicated and ring-fenced funding out of €1.3 billion. Having seen the statistics on the number of young people from Traveller families who are in care or in the need of care, I have to ask the following questions. How much of the €4 million is spent on preventing families or children going into the system of care or residential care? What is the €4 million spent on? Is it spent on education or prevention?

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