Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 October 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community

Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed)

Ms Kate Mitchell:

Yes. If mental health outcomes are to improve among the Traveller community a cross-departmental approach is essential to address the ongoing inequity and inequality experienced by Travellers around early school leaving, low educational attainment, unemployment, poverty, and inappropriate accommodation, among a myriad of other issues.