Written answers
Tuesday, 5 April 2022
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Departmental Policies
Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on his plans to liaise with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive in relation to the feasibility of an all-island approach to the provision of a network of transient sites across the island of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18015/22]
Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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My Department met with the Northern Ireland Housing Executive on 3 November 2021 to explore the feasibility of an all island approach to the provision of a network of Transient Sites. While the shared membership between the National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive will assist close cooperation to facilitate continuing exploration, as a next step, my Department is liaising with The Housing Agency in relation to the timely initiation of a research project on the provision of transient sites.
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