Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 3 October 2024
Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community
Irish Travellers’ Access to Justice Report: Discussion
10:30 am
Professor Amanda Haynes:
One of the things we found really interesting was that while Travellers were very willing to continuously try to engage, as victims, with the police, 80% of Travellers who reported a crime to the Garda said their report was not taken seriously; 67% said that when they reported they were not treated respectfully; and 15% were satisfied with the service provided when they reported a crime. These are worrying statistics.