Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 14 May 2014
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Garda Oversight: Discussion
10:50 am
Ms Brigid Quilligan:
I echo what Mr. Joyce said. The Irish Traveller Movement recommends that the proposed policing board comprise representatives of political parties and civil society groups. In view of the relationship between Travellers and the Garda, a member of the Traveller community should be appointed to the board. That individual should also be a member of a Traveller national representative body in order that the voices of members of the community might be heard at national level.