Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 2 October 2025

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community

Child Protection and Family Support: Discussion

2:00 am

Ms Sandra McDonagh:

Those three areas go back. I can reflect on the Traveller-led initiatives in place. There is a Traveller-specific mental health service in Offaly, called Travelling to Wellbeing, which is funded by the Department of Health. This service was reviewed this year. We will be having an event marking ten years of it in November. The review was carried out by an independent researcher funded by the HSE National Office for Suicide Prevention. That really shows the improvements in mental health.