Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail)
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I will not delay him. This has been a challenge for politicians. We know what to do. We have tried to put processes in, but how do you make the horse drink? How do we get action on the ground from the local authorities that are charged with taking such action? To be quite honest, the delivery of Traveller-specific accommodation has been slow. We have been trying here to get every last substandard trailer that Travellers have replaced. At the moment there is a limited scheme to replace them with second-hand trailers. It is totally inadequately funded. How do we persuade the Department? It is a finite ask because there is a small number of Travellers in trailers. How do we get these small steps taken? It is not that we do not know what to do. It is not that we do not ask or pressurise, but it is not happening at either level.