Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Last week the Government published the new National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy 2017-2021. I remarked previously that the recognition of Traveller ethnicity on 1 March was an important symbolic gesture by the Government. Will additional funding be made available for the new strategy? Without additional resources, the inclusion strategy cannot hope to address issues such as poverty, inequality, institutionalised discrimination and the deficit in education that many Travellers suffer from.

It is also a fact that many local authorities fail to draw down funding available for Traveller sites. There is no penalty included in the new strategy. Can the Taoiseach confirm that this will be rectified and when will the Government publish the review of funding for Traveller accommodation due to be published this month by the Housing Agency?

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