Councils under-spent by €58 million on Traveller housing over a ten year period.
A human rights groups calling on local authorities to do more to address the lack of Traveller-specific accommodation.
The Irish Human Right's and Equality Commission has appeared before Oireachtas Committee to call for immediate action on the issue.
Chair Senator Eileen Flynn @Love1solidarity opens today's @OireachtasNews Committee meeting with @flacireland and @_IHREC focused on #Traveller accommodation.@_IHREC will outline to members our work on equality reviews with all 31 local authorities pic.twitter.com/sKOhJLh4TS
— Irish Human Rights & Equality Commission (@_IHREC) July 22, 2021
It recently published a new report which uncovered a €58 million o under-spend on Traveller housing by local authorities over ten years.
Chief Commissioner, Sinead Gibney, joined Ciara Noble on Friday's edition of Kildare Today.
#OireachtasTV - Watch LIVE as the Joint Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community meets to discuss Equality Reviews on the Provision of Traveller Accommodation by Local Authorities with @_IHREC #seeforyourself
— Houses of the Oireachtas - Tithe an Oireachtais (@OireachtasNews) July 22, 2021
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