Eileen Flynn (Independent)
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We had the young group from Tipperary in Leinster House last year. Some children have never left their counties. It is great to be able to give kids the opportunity to come in to visit. This specific committee is about accommodation, which is important, but some kids in all the counties are still getting colouring in to do and the reduced timetable. We still have a lot to do in education but it is important to have those homework clubs and gatherings for young Traveller people, especially so that they can see there are opportunities there for Traveller children. Ms Carr is right; we have very vulnerable people within the Traveller community as well who probably have no way at all out of poverty and the conditions in which they are living. We have to be honest and look at how we can deal with that as a society and a community.