Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 22 February 2024
Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community
Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed)
Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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It is eight years versus 15. It is a simple calculation. When putting in a new one, you would have another €10,000. If you do it the other way, it is €50,000 by two, which is €100,000, because the civil works would have to be done all over again. That is really useful to know because it makes a very strong case for us. Why have a constant need for a scheme when we could do what I am implying, bearing in mind staff time and everything else? This has been very useful.