Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 24 October 2024

Committee on Drugs Use

Family and Community: Discussion

9:30 am

Mr. John Paul Collins:

What is proven is that peer support works in the Traveller community. In that regard, looking at the peer support model, we currently have a pilot running in north Dublin between Coolmine, HSE CHO 9, ourselves and then local Traveller organisations in Blanchardstown, Finglas and TravAct in Coolock, where we have two peer support workers with lived experience employed as part of the wider team of five.