Mr. John O'Sullivan:

I wanted to raise a question around the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act itself. Having been a member of a local consultative committee for over 15 years, I would have seen the blockages over the years and the frustrations. I have heard the talk of independent agencies to oversee Traveller accommodation as a need from the community. However on the Act itself and how it was set up, would there be a feeling in the room that it is outdated? I would have sat around and heard people talk about the frustrations that come from the failures of the Traveller accommodation plans and how the consultative committees themselves need to be functioning committees. The minutes from those committees need to go to full housing. Sometimes they feel like a talking shop. You wonder being a Traveller and being an advocate for Travellers in those committees, do the minutes go anywhere? Do they make it past those committees. In the delivery of Traveller accommodation going forward, is there a need for the Act to be ripped up and to start again?