Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 September 2023

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community

Accommodation for Travellers: Discussion

Ms Caroline Timmons:

Exactly, that is it - value for money. We are conscious of the expert review report here. Exclusion from decision making again goes back to the point of strengthening local structures on the ground, and making sure we have representatives on all of our committees, which we do. I also want to mention, as I think I did in the opening statement, that Bridget Kelly has recently joined the homeless committee. They are also on the NTACC. We have some really good advocates for this community sitting on a lot of our committees. We have involvement, both at national and local level in strengthening the type of communication, making sure that communication goes back through their representative organisations back to the families living in the particular areas so they are aware of the improvements we are trying to make, and that there is good communication on all fronts.