Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 May 2016
354. Deputy Imelda Munster asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government the provisions in place to meet the needs of the Traveller families who were evicted from the sports car park in Dundalk Institute of Technology in County Louth on 10 May 2016. [10471/16]
View answerIn accordance with the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, housing authorities have statutory responsibility for the assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers and the preparation, adoption and implementation of multi-annual Traveller Accommodation Programmes in their areas. My Department’s role is to ensure that there are adequate structures and supports in place to assist the authorities in providing such accommodation, including a national framework of policy, legislation and funding. I therefore have no role in operational or actual accommodation provision matters, such as the evictions referred to in the Question and the accommodation need issues arising therefrom, which are a matter for the relevant housing authority, in this case Louth County Council.
