Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 11 July 2024
Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community
Traveller Accommodation (Resumed): Department of House, Local Government and Heritage
10:00 am
Mal O'Hara (Green Party)
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We have 32 recommendations from the expert review, of which ten have been completed in six years. There has been no completion of some of those relating to governance, although it is a work in progress. I am concerned about the assessments of living conditions, which Deputy Ó Cuív raised earlier. Can the Minister of State give any commitment to the committee about progress on that?
In the North, unfortunately, we lost the umbrella body that advocated for Travellers and their communities. Is there any update on the Department’s engagement with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive, especially in respect of transient sites?