Mick Wallace (Wexford, Independent)
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I thank the witnesses for attending. Politicians probably tend to disappoint in the way we represent people but it is obvious from listening to the witnesses that we, and those who came before us, have not done enough for them. It is good to hear their side of the story. I have heard it many times and I accept that we have not done enough from our end.

To follow up on Deputy O'Callaghan's question on the reason the State has taken its position for so long, and Travellers have been marginalised for a very long time, aside from the question of costs, which is always a stumbling block for Governments, what do the witnesses believe is the reason this has gone on for so long? How should we challenge the status quoto change the way issues are perceived?