Fintan Warfield (Sinn Fein)
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I sit on the new Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community. Recently, we heard about mental health issues affecting that community, with suicide rates six times higher than in wider society. One of the delegates invited the committee to ask a meeting of Travellers anywhere in Ireland whether they had been affected by suicide. He said nearly every Traveller would raise a hand. Where there is an added layer of marginalisation, how best can the State support such a group and the most vulnerable?