Ms Maria Joyce:

We have political allies in here, and TDs are standing up on the issue. Increasingly, we see parties adopting Traveller ethnic status as part of their policies but the issue cannot be allowed to be taken off the agenda, and we are seeing that. Senator Kelleher made a passionate speech in the Seanad last week on Traveller accommodation. We need more of that, and we need the issue to remain on the agenda.