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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

 

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, November 12, 2018

QUESTION NO. 9

QUESTION: Councillor R. McMahon

To ask the Chief Executive how many Traveller accommodation units are provided in the County and to give a breakdown on type of unit. Also to provide the total population of Travellers living in accommodation provided by the Council in the County.

REPLY:

They are currently 105 Group Houses and 106 Bays in Residential Caravan Parks provided for Travellers in South Dublin County Council's administrative area with a further 5 Group Houses due to be completed at St. Aidan's, Brookfield imminently.

It is not possible to provide the total number of Travellers living in accommodation provided by the Council in the County as this would also include those Traveller families living in standard social housing for whom accurate figures are unavailable due to ethnic identifiers no longer being included in statistical returns to the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government.

An annual count and an assessment of the accommodation needs of Travellers who qualify for social housing support within South Dublin County's functional are will shortly be undertaken by the Council as part of the preparation of a new Traveller Accommodation Programme 2019-2024.