Call for a new Traveller accommodation body to hold councils to account

Call for a new Traveller accommodation body to hold councils to account

Martin Collins from Pavee Point said there are Spring Lane sites in every county across the country. Photo: Denis Scannell

A new national authority for Traveller accommodation could hold local authorities to account and also implement recent expert review recommendations.

Groups representing the Traveller community have told an Oireachtas committee that thousands of men, women and children are living in dire conditions, as recently evidenced in the Children’s Ombudsman’s report on the Spring Lane halting site in Cork.

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