Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 15 October 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community

Traveller Mental Health: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. David Maguire:

This committee was in the Department for a number of years. The feeling was that it was superseded by the Department of Justice and Equality's committee. This committee's remit was more on the social inclusion side than on mental health, because it is broader than mental health. A review was conducted approximately three years ago to determine whether it should be reinstated within the Department and the view was it should not. My colleague from the social inclusion office will be appearing here next week and perhaps he will give the committee more detail on that review, if the committee so wishes.