Ireland criticised over Traveller housing but praised for progress on hate crime

Traveller accommodation including halting sites such as the one at Spring Lane, Ballyvolane, Cork, was the focus of the Council of Europe report. File picture: David Keane

The Council of Europe has strongly criticised Ireland for failing to significantly improve its record on providing accommodation to Travellers.

It said that less than a fifth of last year’s budget allocation had been spent as of July 2021, and over half of local authorities had not drawn down any funding for Traveller accommodation.