Phil Hogan (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I do not share Deputy Wallace's opinion. We have provided additional funding for Traveller accommodation, and the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, has said on a regular basis that if additional funding is required, particularly in an emergency, we will look at it in the same way as any other application for housing in a particular area. Everybody has a responsibility to try to help out people who are less well off in our community. Traveller representatives on the national Traveller accommodation consultative committee regularly brief the Minister of State, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan, and if the evidence about which Deputy Wallace is talking is reflected in their contribution at this committee, we will certainly look at it.

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