Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 October 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community

Traveller Health: Discussion

Mr. Jim Walsh:

I support the call for better and clearer monitoring and clearer reporting of the budget and how well we are using it.

That is a very fair issue.

The Deputy made the point about social issues of health and lifestyle. One of the points I had made earlier was that Healthy Ireland is very important because it is trying to make initiatives to address some of the lifestyle issues and to develop and fund projects that encourage Travellers to be involved in sports activities and other physical and social activities to address some of those lifestyle issues. We can push that with the Department of Health but other Departments are also involved.