Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)

I am aware that, for historical reasons, in certain towns in certain parts of the country with settled communities there is a large concentration of Travellers, including in parts of the Deputy's constituency. In a sense, the first step for the Traveller community in maximising educational opportunities for their children is to become settled. That has led, by virtue of the location of those settlements, to high concentrations of Travellers. I do not have the detailed statistics with me to give the Deputy that information but I will write to him. We recognise that some schools have a high concentration of Travellers and that has a knock-on effect both within the Traveller community in the school and within the wider school community. They require additional support. I will send the Deputy the details of that support.

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