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Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

...the Minister for housing to issue guidance on the proper exercise of discretion in applying such tests in the social housing context. Similarly, guidance should be issued to local authorities and An Garda Síochána on the statutory vetting process of applicants for social housing. Ideally, the housing Acts should be amended to clarify the exact nature of the information which...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

Eileen Flynn: ...those roles so we create those spaces for members of the Traveller community to be judges, solicitors and be successful. Even in prisons, it would be for Travellers to be prison officers and for Travellers to be members of the Garda. We do not always have to be the ones who are in the prisons. The opportunities are just not there. My colleague Senator Ruane is doing a lot of work in...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

...matter. There may also be a civil aspect to it linked to equality legislation, where a victim of hate speech or hate crime can seek a civil remedy as well, rather than just being dependent on the Garda Síochána, the DPP or whoever else to make a decision about whether they have been a victim and whether this will be prosecuted. It requires a legislative response.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Traveller Accommodation: Discussion (Resumed) (21 Mar 2024)

...apply social housing support eligibility criteria to accessing emergency accommodation. Another consistent theme in our work is the lack of fair procedures in how certain local authorities carry out Garda vetting of social housing applicants. Discrimination under section 19 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act and issues relating to education have also presented to our clinics. We have...

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