Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 September 2024
Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community
Travellers in Prison: Discussion
10:30 am
Mal O'Hara (Green Party)
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A strategic failure in the North has been the loss of An Munia Tober, an umbrella Traveller-led organisation that advocated on behalf of Travellers in the context of their needs.
With regard to standards and training, Ms Brady and Ms Costello talked about going in and delivering one-off sessions. It is something but it is not systemic and does not address prejudice and racism. Do the witnesses have any knowledge about the standards relating to training for new prison officers and probation officers in respect of to anti-discrimination, prejudice and, specifically, Travellers?