Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 14 December 2023
Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community
Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Martin Collins:
-----to avoid any potential racism or the issue being politicised. Another rationale for that, which makes a tonne of sense, is that when the new councils are in place, they will do the formal adoption of the TAPs. There will be more ownership because they will have formally adopted them, rather than it being a case of the previous councils adopting them and the new councils not feeling a sense of ownership. That was another reason why we all agreed it was a good idea do delay their adoption.