Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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305. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government regarding the Traveller Accommodation Expert Review, if his Department intends to act on a recommendation (details supplied) provided in the report. [11316/23]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department is engaging with the Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) sector, including Cena, on its capacity to deliver Traveller specific accommodation as part of the ongoing work of the Programme Board, established to oversee the implementation of the recommendations contained in the Expert Group Review report.

My Department funded Cena, through a service level agreement, to employ a part-time Tenant Liaison Officer in Carlow from July 2021 to June 2022 to guide and assist Traveller families in taking up new tenancies. In addition, Offaly County Council engaged the services of Cena to support tenants through a service level agreement, which was also funded by my Department.

The recommendation referred to is being kept under review in light of the ongoing work of the Programme Board in overseeing the implementation of the recommendations.