Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 October 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community

Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Joan CollinsJoan Collins (Dublin South Central, Independent)
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It is important, in the context of the provision of services in different areas, that this model of a liaison nurse to link in with those services be considered by the HSE.

The other point made was about the attitude of "nothing about us without us". That has to be the key call here, namely, that nothing about the Traveller community is to be proceeded with without that community. If we can establish that as an indicator, we can move on from there.