Ms Kathleen Sherlock:

I will mention one thing that involves somebody else. I helped somebody to do up a CV for an application for the Garda when it was specifically looking for Travellers. I was hopeful he would get the position. He is a very positive young man and has gone on to work in another area. In three spaces in his application he specifically said he was a member of the Traveller community. He did not get past the aptitude test. To meet this young man it is unbelievable. There needs to be a little bit of accountability. We know Travellers are applying for positions and they are being rejected out of hand and not even being considered. There needs to be a certain amount of accountability from employers as to why they are not even being considered. What is going on here? During the recession there was a lot of competition for jobs and highly qualified people were taking very low level positions but we have gone past that. We are at a different stage now.