Aideen Hayden (Labour) | Oireachtas source

I add my voice to those of Senators who have expressed their sympathies for the horrific events in Carrickmines. Some home owners - I emphasise that term - in south County Dublin have effectively stood in the way of temporary accommodation being put in place for the survivors of that tragedy. I was struck by the comments of a representative of Pavee Point when he stated that he had never witnessed such depths of hostility and hate towards his community as he did on that occasion. That says it all. I am a member of the Dublin City Council strategic policy committee, SPC. Wider society must examine its conscience as regards the issue of Traveller accommodation, which goes back decades.