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

Something has changed because the Traveller community was really good at supporting each other. What has changed? Have it become too formal and bureaucratic? When we talk about Tusla, we talk about regulation - no disrespect but the witnesses know what I mean. They tick the boxes; that is it. There is nothing wrong with it. I am not saying anything like that. That is how it is. Something has changed within the Traveller community because it is very proud of looking after its own. What has changed within the system such that the Traveller community does not feel part of it?

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