Cork Traveller Visibility Group’s Women in Leadership programme visits Leinster House
Members of the Cork Traveller Visibility Group's Women in Leadership programme visited Leinster House today. It was great to host so many women Traveller activits. They toured Leinster House and…
Graphic recording of the Seanad Public Consultation Committee on Travellers Towards A More Equitable Ireland
Graphic recording of the Seanad Public Consultation Committee on Travellers Towards A More Equitable Ireland was created by the wonderful Hazel Hurley, visit her website here: https://www.hazelhurley.com/
Snapshots of the Launch of the Seanad Public Consultation Report on Travellers Towards A More Equitable Ireland
Read Colette's speech from the launch here
A permanent seat in the Seanad should be reserved for Travellers, says new Seanad report -Journal.ie
"THERE SHOULD BE a place in the Seanad reserved for members of the Traveller community, a Seanad report will today recommend. There should also a quota system installed in both…
Seanad Public Consultation Committee recommends a reserved seat in Seanad for Travellers
Read the full report here. The Seanad Public Consultation Committee is recommending a reserved seat in the Seanad for Travellers (Taoiseach’s nominee), in a report launched in Leinster House this…
Irish Traveller Movement welcome the publication of The Seanad Public Consultation Committee Report: Travellers to A More Equitable Ireland Post-Recognition
Today the report of the Seanad Committee which examined Traveller’s experience of life in Ireland following recognition of their ethnic minority status was launched making 34 recommendations under nine…
Traveller culture is set to join the school curriculum. What could lessons look like? – The Irish Times
Peter McGuire, for The Irish Times wrote a piece on how Traveller history and culture should be incorporated into the school curriculum. "The Department of Education has pledged to include…
Recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
On the 2nd and 3rd of December 2019 the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination met to review Ireland's progress on the implementation of the Convention of the Elimination…
Questioning Minister of State Damien English on the report of the Expert Group on Traveller Accommodation
On 5th December 2019, Minister Damien English appeared before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government to discuss the report of the Expert Group on Traveller Accommodation.…
Ministers called to account for gross disparities in Travellers’ access to education at the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community
On December 3rd 2019, Ministers Mary Mitchell O'Connor and Joe McHugh appeared before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Key Issues Affecting the Traveller Community. Read full discussion here.
Senator Kelleher speaking in the Seanad on the UN Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
During Order of Business in the Seanad on December 3rd 2019, Senator Kelleher spoke on the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination who were at this time scrutinising…