Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 16 July 2026
Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community
Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Mr. Robbie Sludds:
Success should be measured by outcomes. After all is said and done, there is a lot more said than done. Travellers, from where I am based at the heart of the community, listening to them, day in and day out, are tired. They do not care about the acronym that hangs over someone's head. They want to see people who can actually make a difference in their lives. I hope today is not in vain because I have to go back and talk to those people to let them know something valuable is going to be done for them. At the end of the day, 20-odd years Ms Connors has been sitting on this and the rest of those sitting here are showing up all the time for the people they represent, every single day, including me. I would love to see something of value come out of the LTACC or some change that is going to make a difference in the Traveller community. They were recognised as an ethnic minority in 2017 but I feel they are not respected as a culture going forward.