Professor Michael O'Flaherty:

The issue of disability certainly has come up repeatedly during the week, both physical and mental health issues. We had the opportunity to meet with people living in an impossible situation because they are living with a disability in completely inappropriate accommodation. We met one person, for instance, who had the most enormous difficulty accessing a caravan because of the absence of steps, and that person had a disability impacting on their legs. This phenomenon of what has been termed intersectionality needs to paid very close attention. It is the interplay of all the disadvantage experienced as a Traveller with a disability or some other feature in life. On a short visit like this, Deputy Buckley will understand it has not been possible to do an in-depth examination of all of these issues. I would not have much more I could usefully add at this point other than to agree with the Deputy.