Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection

Habitual Residence Condition: Discussion with Pavee Point

2:30 pm

Ms Gabi Muntean:

We have Roma children going to university in Ireland.

There are many Roma families operating shops and working in Ireland but nobody takes note of this. They are not visible and do not want to be visible. When I first tried to rent a house and told the landlord I was Roma, he asked me "Do you beg?", which I do not. If one is Roma, the first question one is asked is, "Do you beg?"