Eileen Flynn (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his reply. When this scheme was first rolled out, it did not include Traveller accommodation. That will have to be looked at going forward for other schemes. I welcome the fact that the Minister of State and the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan, are committed to dealing with this issue. To the best of my knowledge, there are between 300 and 600 Traveller families that have not received a single cent of this electricity credit. That is unfair and unjust and there is really no explanation for it. I have been working with National Traveller MABS, which deals with people who are really on the margins of society, including Travellers who are living on the side of the road or in overcrowded accommodation. I thank the Minister of State for his answers. I will deliver the answers back to National Traveller MABS. I hope there is some way we can organise a meeting with MABS because they are the professionals in terms of how we can get the scheme rolled out.