Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 May 2004
175 Mr. Cuffe asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the person who is on the high level working group on Travellers; the remit of the group; and if there are Travellers or Travellers’ representatives on this group. [13076/04]
View answerThe high level group on Traveller issues is a working group under the senior officials' group on social inclusion which, in turn, reports to the Cabinet sub-committee on social inclusion. The high level group is made up of members of the senior officials' group and other senior public servants with responsibility for key areas of service delivery for Travellers. The high level group is intended to provide a forum for senior policy makers and service providers to meet to discuss barriers to service delivery and explore possibilities of approaching service delivery in a more integrated way. In this regard, the group is considered as an extension of the strategic management initiative process, an attempt to join up service delivery and to ensure that intended service outcomes for Travellers under the various sectoral strategies are achieved.
The high level group is a short-term initiative to improve outcomes. It is trying to explore best practice with a view to eliminating the social exclusion which Travellers experience. A list of members of the high level group follows.
Travellers are represented on the Traveller monitoring committee which monitors progress on the recommendations of the task force on the travelling community. The chairman of the monitoring committee and other officials on the monitoring committee are also members of the high level group. The high level group does not duplicate or supplant the work of the monitoring committee.
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Grade/Position |
Department |
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Assistant Secretary |
Equality Division, Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Chair) |
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Assistant Secretary |
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government |
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Assistant Secretary |
Department of Education and Science |
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Assistant Secretary |
Department of Health and Children |
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Assistant Secretary |
Department of the Taoiseach |
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Principal Officer |
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government |
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Principal Officer |
Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs |
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Principal Officer |
Department of the Taoiseach |
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Principal Officer |
Department of Social and Family Affairs |
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Principal Officer |
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Chair of Monitoring Committee) |
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Assistant Principal Officer |
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform |
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Assistant Principal Officer |
Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs |
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Assistant Principal Officer |
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment |
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County Manager |
South Dublin County Council |
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County Manager |
Clare County Council |
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C.E.O. |
South Western Area Health Board |
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C.E.O. |
Western Health Board |
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Prison Governor |
Irish Prison Service |
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Assistant Commissioner |
Garda Síochána |
