Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 26 September 2024

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community

Travellers in Prison: Discussion

10:30 am

Ms Anne Costello:

To add to that, Dr. Sinead O'Malley did some research on mothers in prison in the Dóchas Centre in Mountjoy. From this, she extracted the information on Traveller women. She found much higher levels of mental health and addiction issues, all linked to trauma, among this group. The percentage of women in the Barnardos group that was homeless was nearly 80%. Can Ms O'Shea confirm that is correct?