Eileen Flynn (Independent)
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The caravan loan scheme has helped on some of the halting sites in Dublin,. I agree with what Ms O'Donoghue said but before we think about scrapping this, it has supported families. It is not many families but some families were brought to an emergency home who now would probably be on the streets or in a hostel if they did not have the scheme. Again, however, Ms O'Donoghue is 100% right. We have to look at what is best to do and whether we can put something else in place. They are really big questions that we are not going to solve today.

It will be interesting to hear what National Traveller MABS has to say next week about how it is working or not working and the research it has done. We work really closely with National Traveller MABS. The future-proofing of Traveller accommodation around retrofitting for trailers and houses for Travellers is something this committee also has to look at when it comes to accommodation. We did touch on it in some of our private sessions too. I will just mention that.

Next week, representatives from Cena, which is a Traveller-led organisation around Traveller accommodation, will also appear before the committee.

It is a housing body. We are looking forward to that next week. We will also have Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre in next week. This committee is looking at including the Roma community around accommodation too, which is important. Are there any other comments from members or from our guests?