Accommodation crisis in Traveller community

The Spring Lane halting site in Blackpool, Cork. File picture: Larry Cummins

There are more than 1,000 households on the social housing list with a Traveller-specific accommodation need but the actual housing need is likely to be higher, the head of the Housing Agency told an Oireachtas committee on Thursday.

Addressing the Oireachtas committee on key issues affecting the Traveller community, Housing Agency chief executive John O’Connor confirmed that 1,047 households were recorded as having a Traveller-specific accommodation need in 2020.