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.