Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 22 October 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community

Traveller Health: Discussion

Ms Missie Collins:

Can I haul Mr. Walsh on that? That did not happen in respect of the all-Ireland Traveller health study, which cost a lot of money. Actions arising from that study should have been implemented. If I am alive for it, I want to see a better future for my grandchildren and great-grandchildren arising from this action plan. What is on that piece of paper, and I will only call it a piece of paper, has to be done for Travellers' health. Our people are dying at very young ages every day of the week. There are crises with regard to our children and mental health.