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 John ConnollyJohn Connolly (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I will slightly change the topic, if the Chair does not mind. One of the anecdotal experiences I have is that the first experience of the education system for Traveller children is the mainstream primary school. They often do not engage in preschool or childcare services prior to that. Is Tusla making specific efforts to try to promote this? Traveller families participate in the ECCE and other schemes. Are there Traveller-specific childcare facilities in the country? I would be more interested in finding out about the effort to try to encourage families.

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