Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)

I seek the adjournment of the Dáil concerning the following matter of public interest requiring urgent consideration, namely, the need for the Government to mark this year's Traveller focus week by reversing its policy of refusing to recognise the Traveller community as a distinct ethnic group. Travellers continue to experience significant discrimination. The refusal to recognise their ethnicity officially limits the protections available to them under national, European and international law and denies them access to the protection of their cultural rights and basic services, as evidenced by the failure of local authorities to provide transient accommodation and the disproportional poor health outcomes among the community.

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