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Over a quarter of counties have drawn down no funding for Traveller accomodation this year

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Seven counties, along with Cork County and Dublin South, have yet to draw down any funding allocated to Traveller accommodation in their local authority area

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien. Image: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien. Image: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie NINE LOCAL AUTHORITIES have not drawn down any of the €14.5 million funding that has been budgeted for Traveller accommodation this year.

There has been no funding for Traveller accommodation drawn down this year by Cork County, South Dublin, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Westmeath, Wexford, or Wicklow. Waterford, Tipperary, Roscommon, Kilkenny, Kerry, Fingal, Galway County, Cavan and Carlow have each drawn down between €5,000 and €99,999, while Clare, Cork City, Donegal, DLR, Galway City, Laois, Leitrim, Limerick, Monaghan, Offaly, and Sligo have drawn down more than €100,000 each.

“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,” O’Brien said.

 

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What is 'traveller accommodation' compared to just 'accommodation' as we know it ? What are the differences and do other groups have their own unique 'accommodation' that gets funding from local authorities?

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