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:

Yes. It would either be on top of the €10 million or we would need to look at where the resources are being spent across the Department in other policy areas to see if we can ensure resources within the main health budgets are being targeted at Traveller health initiative resources across other budgets, which goes back to the idea of proportional universalism.

Are resources across other budgets being targeted? To me, €10 million is a specific budget, but we also need to be looking at the bigger picture. We definitely need more resources. I fully accept that. The involvement of Travellers is a fundamental principle.