Travellers

Submission to the Citizens’ Assembly on Gender Equality

Post author:Colette
Post published:March 6, 2020
Post Category:Public Consultations

Cork Traveller Visibility Group’s Women in Leadership programme visits Leinster House

Post author:Colette
Post published:February 18, 2020
Post Category:In The Oireachtas

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…

A group picture after the launch!

Graphic recording of the Seanad Public Consultation Committee on Travellers Towards A More Equitable Ireland

Post author:Colette
Post published:January 23, 2020
Post Category:Current / Public Consultations

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/

A group picture after the launch!

Snapshots of the Launch of the Seanad Public Consultation Report on Travellers Towards A More Equitable Ireland

Post author:Colette
Post published:January 23, 2020
Post Category:Photos and Graphics / Reports and Publications

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

Post author:Colette
Post published:January 23, 2020
Post Category:Media

"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…

A group picture after the launch!

Seanad Public Consultation Committee recommends a reserved seat in Seanad for Travellers

Post author:Colette
Post published:January 23, 2020
Post Category:Public Consultations / Reports and Publications

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…

A group picture after the launch!

Irish Traveller Movement welcome the publication of The Seanad Public Consultation Committee Report: Travellers to A More Equitable Ireland Post-Recognition

Post author:Colette
Post published:January 23, 2020
Post Category:Public Consultations / Reports and Publications

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

Post author:Colette
Post published:January 14, 2020
Post Category:Media / Newsletter Items

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

Post author:Colette
Post published:December 13, 2019
Post Category:Reports and Publications

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

Post author:Colette
Post published:December 5, 2019
Post Category:In The Oireachtas

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

Post author:Colette
Post published:December 3, 2019
Post Category:In The Oireachtas

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

Post author:Colette
Post published:December 3, 2019
Post Category:In The Oireachtas

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…