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- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2019)
Colette Kelleher: That is the job of the State agencies.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Who would want to go into that kind of workplace every day?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Not just schemes or short term.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2019)
Colette Kelleher: If we had the whole-of-Government approach that Deputy Corcoran Kennedy referred to, every workplace, not only Traveller NGOs, would be safe places. Are there any other comments?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Those would be important parts of any employment strategy. Does anybody else wish to speak or will we move on?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Diversity in the room.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Because they do not often live to the age of pension.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I think that merits a response in itself and then we will go to Senator Warfield's questions. What does affirmative action look like and does it work?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I thank the delegation for giving us plenty of questions. Mr. Friel wishes to comment and Senator Warfield has a question. I remind everyone that our next session is with Solas, and we will have IBEC, ICTU, Enterprise Ireland and Mr. Gavin Hennessy from Irish Life. We are also trying to persuade the ESRI to come here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2019)
Colette Kelleher: I hate to cut anyone short because everything is important and more but it is important also that Senator Warfield gets to ask his questions now.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2019)
Colette Kelleher: Is the Senator coming to his questions?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee On Key Issues Affecting The Traveller Community: Traveller Employment: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Dec 2019)
Colette Kelleher: It is impossible to sum up. Mr. Joyce gave us the idea of Travellers as the social entrepreneurs of Ireland. That is the history and tradition. He also spoke about Travellers removing themselves from the chains of poverty. Why would any community or group of people not want to do that? The 80% unemployment rate is a national disgrace. Mr. Friel echoed that comment. Despite that...
- Seanad: Business of Seanad: Motion (21 Jan 2020)
Colette Kelleher: It is hard not to be moved as I listen to all the speeches. I never expected to be here. One day in May 2016, I got an unexpected phone call from Deputy Micheál Martin. I was expecting it to be about issues with a day service in Cork or something like that. He asked me whether I was willing to allow my name to be put forward to the then Taoiseach, Deputy Enda Kenny, for nomination to...