Ms Elizabeth Fanning:

This was mentioned at our local Traveller accommodation consultative committee, LTACC, today. The member on the LTACC from the Traveller community is really keen on this as well, so we will bring this back. We have thought about this before. It is about resources, speaking with HR and getting it off the ground. I can see there will be a lot of obstacles to it but I agree we need to do this.

It is a no-brainer. It is wanted and we need to help provide it, so we will come back to the committee with what help it can bring. We need innovation here. Everybody thinking together on this would be really good. It is great that this is being done through our fully functioning LTACC. Yesterday, it was so positive that we got really positive feedback from members of the Travelling community who are members of the LTACC. We have a very good platform. Our interaction is building relationships, which will help us going forward. We lease out our community centres to the Galway Traveller Movement for after-school activities and that kind of thing, so again we get behind that.

As regards the mobile home versus modular homes, I personally think modular would be better but, again, I am going back to our Circular Road development. While they are not modular, they are chalet-type, fabulous little homes and they are quite big. It speaks to nomadism and to the use of caravans and horses and the outdoor space they need. It really is Traveller specific and appropriate. That is what we hope to continue to do in Galway city after the success of our first one, please God.