Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 1 February 2024

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community

Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed)

Photo of Éamon Ó CuívÉamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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Everybody had an entitlement, subject to means and all the rest, to a local authority house. The Traveller-specific element was to allow for those who wished to retain the idea of living within their own community and was separate. Another thing that I am a little bit wary of, and I have been dealing with people for a long time, is that people come into my constituency office with any problem, they tend to go with the option they think is most likely to succeed, not necessarily their favourite option. There can be certain bias created for the choices people make and I would say the Chair might have better experience of this than I have.