National Traveller Accommodation
Consultative Committee
An Coiste Comhairleach Náisiúnta
um Chóiríocht don Lucht Siúil
Annual Report 2004
NTACC Annual Report 2004
Custom House, Dublin 1
Telephone: (01) 888 2121
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email: ntacc@environ.ie
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(L to R) Chris Flood, Chairperson of the National Traveller Accommodation Consultative
Committee, meeting Noel Ahern, T.D., Minister for Housing and Urban Renewal, and Niall
Callan, Secretary General of the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local
Government
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Photograph: Lensmen & Associates
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Contents
1.
Chairperson’s Statement
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2.
General Information
Establishment
Terms of Reference
Committee Membership
Committee’s Annual Report
Meetings
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8
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3.
Summary of Key Activities
Review of the Operation of the Housing
(Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998
Joint Subcommittee of the Department of Health
and Children and the Department of the
Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Local Authority Accommodation for Travellers in 2004
Effect of First Traveller Accommodation
Programmes, 2000–2004
Transient Accommodation Working Group
Vacant Traveller Accommodation Units
Visits to Traveller Accommodation
Consultation Working Group
Annual Count of Traveller Families
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4.
Finance
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5.
Appendices
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Appendix I
Accommodation Provided in 2004
Appendix II
Annual Count of Traveller Families in 2004
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Chairperson’s Statement
I am pleased to present the sixth Annual
Report
of
the
National
Traveller
Accommodation Consultative Committee to
the Minister for Housing and Urban
Renewal. This report – for 2004 – covers the
second year of the current Committee, and
the final year of the first Traveller
accommodation programmes.
These five-year programmes were adopted
in 2000 by local authorities under the
Chairperson – Chris Flood
Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act
1998. In 2003 the Committee – through a subcommittee of members – began,
and in 2004 completed, its review of the operation of this Act. The review was
wide-ranging, covering inter alia developments in the provision of Traveller
accommodation from 1996 to 2003, the 2000–2004 accommodation
programmes, planning issues, unauthorised encampments, and the operation
of both the National and Local Traveller Accommodation Consultative
Committees. The Committee reported on its findings to the Minister during the
year.
In the 2003 Annual Report the positive trend in relation to the reduction in the
number of Traveller families living on unauthorised sites was highlighted, and
this trend continued in 2004. The number of families living on such sites
declined from 788 at the end of 2003, to 601 families at the end of 2004. Over
the life of the five-year programmes there was a 50% drop in the number of
families living on unauthorised sites – from 1,207 families at end-1999 (at the
start of the programmes) to 601 families at end-2004 (when the first
programmes ended). Although a 50% decline in five years is an impressive
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achievement, it does not give much comfort to parents who continue to live
and raise their children in unacceptable circumstances. All involved in the issue
of Traveller accommodation – including local authority elected representatives
and officials, and members of both the settled and Traveller communities –
must therefore continue to strive for the provision of good quality
accommodation for all Traveller families.
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Other areas of Traveller accommodation provision also showed positive
developments in 2004. The number of Traveller families in group housing
increased from 545 at end-2003 to 582 at end-2004, and the estimated number
of Traveller families providing accommodation from their own resources
increased from 443 to 464 over the same period. Details of the accommodation
provided by each local authority in 2004 are set out in Appendix I.
The relatively small number of Committee meetings held in 2004 (three) is
explained by the considerable time investment by the majority of the Committee
members, who were also members of the subcommittee, in the review of the
operation of the 1998 Act. The Committee did, however, begin to work on a
number of important issues, and established Working Groups to deal with the
areas of consultation and transient accommodation. A number of Committee
members also agreed to serve on a joint committee with members of the
Traveller Health Advisory Committee. All of these Committees, Working Groups
and Joint Committee activities involve a major time commitment on the part of
Committee members, and I should like to thank my colleagues for their
dedication in this regard.
The Committee has a policy of going on fact-finding site visits each year, as such
visits allow the Committee members to see, at first hand, developments at a
local level. In 2004 the Committee visited Traveller-specific accommodation in
the Waterford City area, and the Committee would like to thank the City Council,
the local Traveller Support Group, and especially the Traveller families whom
they met during this visit and who shared their experiences and knowledge with
the Committee members.
During the year Joe Harrington resigned from the Committee, subsequent to his
Environment, Heritage and Local Government. I would like to thank Joe for his
significant contribution to the work of both the Committee and the
Subcommittee, and to wish him well in his new position.
Lastly, I would like to express my appreciation to all whose efforts assisted the
Committee in fulfilling its statutory functions. Minister Noel Ahern, T.D., Minister
for Housing and Urban Renewal, gave welcome encouragement. Committee
members – most of whom were also members of the 1998 Act Subcommittee
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transfer to another area of responsibility within the Department of the
– willingly gave of their time and broadly-based knowledge. The staff of the
Traveller Accommodation Unit, Department of the Environment, Heritage and
Local Government, provided timely and professional administrative support to
the Committee. I am pleased to record my thanks to these individuals and
groups, whose work and support allowed the Committee to have another
fruitful year.
Chris Flood
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Chairperson
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St. Margaret’s, Meakstown, Fingal
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General Information
Establishment
The National Traveller Accommodation Consultative Committee (NTACC) was
established, on a statutory basis, on 29 April 1999 under sections 19 and 20
of the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act, 1998. The second NTACC was
appointed on 10 March 2003.
Terms of Reference
The terms of reference of the Committee are as follows:To advise the Minister in relation to
any general matter concerning accommodation for Travellers;
any matter referred to it by the Minister;
the most appropriate measures for improving, at local level, consultation with,
and participation of, Travellers in the provision and management of
accommodation;
general matters concerning the preparation, adequacy, implementation and
co-ordination of Traveller accommodation programmes.
Committee Membership
Mr Chris Flood
Ms Kathleen Bonar
Ms Maria Joyce
Mr Brendan Kenny
Ms Ellen Mongan
Mr Séamus O’Connor
Vacancy
Chairperson
Department of Justice, Equality, and Law
Reform
Association of Municipal Authorities of Ireland
Pavee Point Travellers Centre
General Council of County Councils
County and City Managers’ Association
Department of the Environment, Heritage and
Local Government
National Traveller Women’s Forum
County and City Managers’ Association
Minister’s nominee
Minister’s nominee
Irish Traveller Movement
Mr Eugene J. Doyle
Secretary to the Committee
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Cllr William Callaghan
Mr Martin Collins
Mr Thomas Cunningham
Mr Alex Fleming
Mr Joe Harrington*
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*
Mr Harrington resigned from the Committee during the year, following
his transfer from the Traveller Accommodation Unit to a new area of
responsibility.
Committee’s Annual Report
Section 19 of the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998 stipulates that
the Committee must prepare and submit an annual report on its activities to the
Minister for Housing and Urban Renewal who will cause copies of the report to
be laid before each House of the Oireachtas. This Report covers the period from
1 January – 31 December 2004.
Meetings
The majority of the members of the NTACC were also members of a
subcommittee that reviewed the operation of the Housing (Traveller
Accommodation) Act 1998 (please see page 11). This review was the main task
undertaken by the NTACC in 2004 and, in addition to subcommittee meetings,
the NTACC held three full Committee meetings between January and December
2004.
The number of full NTACC meetings attended by each Committee member in
2004 were as follows: Mr Flood (3), Ms Bonar (2), Cllr Callaghan (1), Mr Collins
(3), Mr Cunningham (2), Mr Fleming (2), Mr Harrington (1 – Ms Mary
O’Donoghue represented the Department of the Environment, Heritage and
Local Government at the remaining two meetings), Ms Joyce (3), Mr Kenny (1),
Ms Mongan (2), Mr O’Connor (2). Ms Claire Davey represented the Irish
Traveller Movement at two meetings in 2004.
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Ballaghfada, Clarecastle, Co. Clare
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Summary of Key Activities
1.
Review of the Operation
Accommodation) Act 1998
of
the
Housing
(Traveller
As mentioned in the Committee’s Annual Report for 2003, the Minister
for Housing and Urban Renewal requested that the NTACC carry out a
review of the operation of the 1998 Housing (Traveller Accommodation)
Act, and report back to him. The subcommittee, which undertook the
review, first met in July 2003 and held a further seven meetings in
2004.
During 2003 and 2004 the subcommittee held 13 meetings, the result
of which was a significant and detailed review of the operation of the
1998 Act. Based on more than four years’ experience of the operation
of the legislation (since the first Traveller accommodation programmes
were adopted in early 2000), and drawing on the wide-ranging and
varied knowledge of subcommittee members, aided when necessary by
outside experts, the Committee submitted to the Minister a report
containing over 30 recommendations. These covered areas as diverse
as annual targets for the provision of Traveller accommodation;
consultation guidelines; an expanded role for the NTACC; the
composition, operation and reporting functions of Local Traveller
Accommodation Consultative Committees (LTACCs); transient halting
sites; and the suggested limited use of Public Order legislation in certain
cases.
2.
Joint Subcommittee of the Department of Health and Children
and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local
Government
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In 2000 the First Progress Report of the Committee to Monitor and Coordinate the Implementation of the Recommendations of the Task
Force on the Travelling Community recommended, inter alia, that the
Department of Health and Children (DoHC) and the Department of the
Environment, Heritage and Local Government (DoEHLG), consider
improvements to the environmental health aspects of halting sites. In
2002 the document Traveller Health A National Strategy 2002–2005
also suggested that there should be better coordination of health and
accommodation services regarding issues such as environmental health
on these sites. Later in 2002 officials from the two above-named
Departments met and proposed that a joint subcommittee be formed,
consisting of members of the Traveller Health Advisory Committee
(THAC) and the NTACC.
In 2004 the NTACC nominated five of its members to sit on the joint
subcommittee, and the subcommittee held its first formal meeting in
September 2004. Initially consideration was given to the proposed
Health-side data strategy, and the possible role local authorities might
have in assisting in the collection of data through the annual count
process. Discussions were ongoing at the end of 2004.
3.
Local Authority Accommodation for Travellers in 2004
The positive trends in the provision of accommodation for Travellers,
noted in the Committee’s 2003 Annual Report, continue. While 4,952
Traveller families were accommodated by local authorities or with local
authority assistance at the end of 2003, this number had increased to
5,106 families at the end of 2004. Over the same period the number
of Traveller families living on unauthorised sites decreased significantly,
from 788 families to 601 families.
Most accommodation options showed positive developments during
2004. There were 140 more Traveller families accommodated in
standard local authority housing at the end of 2004 than had been at
the beginning of the year. Likewise, 37 more families were in group
housing, and an additional 47 families were in private houses assisted
by local authorities at the end of 2004, compared to the position at the
end of 2003. The estimated number of families living in
accommodation provided through their own resources – up 21 to 464
– and the estimated number of Traveller families living in private
rented accommodation – up 193 to 486 – is a continuing and welcome
development.
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In relation to halting sites, the figures show that there were fewer
families accommodated in such sites at the end of 2004 than was the
case a year previously. While there were 1,398 families accommodated
on these sites at the end of 2003, this number had fallen to 1,321
families at the end of 2004. Although it is not possible to provide a full
explanation of this development, it is assumed that some of the
families previously resident on halting sites moved during the year into
the other accommodation options mentioned above.
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4.
Effect of the First Traveller Accommodation Programmes,
2000–2004
It is appropriate, in the Annual Report for 2004, to take an overview of
developments during the five-year life of the first Traveller
accommodation programmes (2000–2004). Over this period, the
combined number of Traveller families accommodated by, or with the
assistance of, local authorities and on unauthorised sites has increased
from 4,790 families (end-1999) to 5,707 families (end-2004) – an
increase of 917 families.
Despite the increase in the overall number of Traveller families, there
has been a significant reduction in the number of families living on
unauthorised sites. This group has shown a drop from 1,207 families at
the end of 1999, to 601 families at the end of 2004. The latter number
equals just under half the number of families who had been living on
unauthorised sites when the first programmes started. Such a large
reduction is both a cause for satisfaction and a challenge for the future.
While the number of Traveller families on unauthorised sites is not the
only measure of accommodation need among Travellers, the Committee
is determined to do what it can to assist in the further reduction in the
number of families living in such circumstances.
5.
Transient Accommodation Working Group
The Committee has therefore established a Working Group to examine
mechanisms for ensuring that progress is made in the provision of such
accommodation under the second programmes (2005–2008). The
Working Group held its first meeting in December 2004.
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The 1995 Report of the Task Force on the Travelling Community
recommended that a network of transient accommodation sites be
provided, simultaneously with other types of accommodation facilities,
in each local authority area. Local authorities are obliged, under Section
10(3)(c) of the Housing (Traveller Accommodation) Act 1998, to provide
transient sites. The Committee is concerned about the lack of progress
regarding the provision of transient accommodation, under the first
Traveller accommodation programmes (2000–2004).
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Kiltipper, South Dublin
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6.
Vacant Traveller Accommodation Units
In 2003 the Minister for Housing and Urban Renewal requested the
Committee to examine the topic of vacant Traveller-specific
accommodation units – both group housing and halting sites. The
Committee further considered this matter in 2004, and agreed the text
of a circular letter and questionnaire for issue to all local authorities, in
order to establish the up-to-date position concerning vacant
accommodation.
7.
Visits to Traveller Accommodation
It is the established practice of the Committee to visit Traveller-specific
accommodation sites each year. During 2004 the Committee visited
accommodation facilities in the Waterford City area. On such visits the
Committee meets local Travellers, Traveller representatives, and
representatives of the local authorities.
The Mayor of Waterford welcomed the Committee to that City, and
Committee members were able to see some of the Traveller-specific
accommodation provided by the Council. These visits facilitate both
informal and formal communication among Travellers, the Committee
and officials. The Committee continues to be grateful to all who make
these visits possible, particularly to the Traveller families who share
their experiences and welcome the Committee members into their
homes. These fact-finding visits are an important feature of the
Committee’s programme, and it is expected that they will continue in
future years.
8.
Consultation Working Group
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During its review of the operation of the Housing (Traveller
Accommodation) Act 1998, the Committee was concerned that too
often there was little meaningful and realistic consultation between the
parties involved – whether concerning the preparation/review etc. of
programmes, or the specifics of a particular scheme. The Committee
consequently formed a Consultation Working Group. This Group was
asked to give priority to the development of a pilot consultation model.
The work of the Group was ongoing at the end of 2004.
9.
Annual Count of Traveller Families
The Annual Count of Traveller families was carried out on 26 November
2004. Details are attached at Appendix II. The table beneath gives a
summary of the accommodation position of Traveller families at the
end of 2004.
Number of Traveller Families – November 2004
Number of families in
(a)
Standard Houses (including Voluntary Housing)
(b)
Permanent Halting Site Bays
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40.44%
743
10.63%
(c)
Unauthorized Sites
601
8.60%
Group Housing
582
8.32%
(e)
Private rented accommodation
486
6.95%
(f)
Own Resources
464
6.64%
(g)
Private Houses assisted by LAs
376
5.38%
(h)
Basic Service Bays / Transient Halting Site Bays1
363
5.19%
(i)
Sharing Housing (categories a, d, e, f, g)
334
4.78%
(j)
Sharing Permanent Halting Site Bays
128
1.83%
(k)
Sharing Basic Service Bays / Transient Halting Site Bays
87
1.24%
6,991
100%
Basic Service Bays include temporary and emergency halting site bays.
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% of families
2,827
(d)
Total
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2004
Finance
The operational costs of the Committee are borne in full by the Department of
the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.
Expenditure of €19,552 was incurred by the Committee in 2004. (The
equivalent figure for 2003 was €17,091.)
Mahon, Cork City
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Appendix I
Accommodation Provided in 2004
Halting Sites completed in 2004
Local Authority
Location
Number of Bays
New
Perm
Clare County Council
Beechpark,
Ennis
3
Cork City Council
Mahon
3
Cork City Council
Hollyhill,
Knocknahinney
Donegal County
Council
Drumbern,
Milford
Dundalk Town
Council
Woodland Park
Trans
Refurbished/Redeveloped
Emerg/
Temp
0
0
4
3
St. Margaret’s,
Meakstown
Fingal County Council
St. Brigid’s,
Porterstown
5
Galway County
Council
Ballygar
3
Kerry County Council
Gortroe,
Killarney
2
Kilkenny County
Council
St. Catherine’s,
Kilkenny
1
Leitrim County
Council
Tawlaughmore,
Mohill
Roscommon County
Council
Ballynacullia,
Roscommon
Sligo County Council
Ballyfree,
Sligo
South Dublin County
Council
Oldcastle Drive,
Clondalkin
1
South Dublin County
Council
Lynche’s Lane,
Clondalkin
1
South Tipperary
County Council
Lanespark,
Ballynonty
4
Tipperary Town
Council
Lake Road
2
Waterford City
Council
Kilbarry &
Bilberry
6
Wexford County
Council
Bunclody
6
Wexford County
Council
Marshmeadows,
New Ross
1
18
Emerg/
Temp
1
Fingal County Council
Total
Trans
12
Dún Laoghaire Woodpark Court
Rathdown Co. Council
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Perm
2
2
2
5
15
5
11
2
26
50
Halting Sites under construction at 31 December 2004
Local Authority
Location
Number of Bays
New
Perm
Trans
Refurbished/Redeveloped
Emerg/
Temp
Clare County Council
Ballaghboy,
Ennis
16
Clare County Council
Ballymacraven,
Ennistymon
3
Perm
Dún Laoghaire Gort Mhuire
Rathdown Co. Council
3
Meath County Council
St. Patrick’s,
Navan
2
14
Roscommon County
Council
Harristown,
Castlerea
3
10
South Dublin County
Council.
Belgard Reservoir
10
Tipperary Town
Council
Carrowclough,
Tipperary
Total
Trans
Emerg/
Temp
0
0
3
18
0
22
24
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Group Housing Schemes completed in 2004
Local Authority
Location
Status
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New
Cavan County Council
Tullymongan Lower –
Phase 2
Cavan County Council
Killymooney Drive, Cavan
2
Cavan County Council
Corranure, Cavan
1
Clare County Council
Ballaghfada, Clarecastle
6
Clare County Council
Beechpark, Ennis
3
Clare County Council
Ballymurtagh, Shannon
Cork City Council
Mahon
Drogheda Borough Council
Cement Road, Mell
Dublin City Council
Avila Park – Phase 4
Dublin City Council
Cara Park
5
Dublin City Council
Labre Park
5
Dublin City Council
Kylemore Grove
1
Dundalk Town Council
Woodland Park
2
Fingal County Council
St. Margaret’s, Meakstown
9
Fingal County Council
Ardcath Road, Garristown
Galway City Council
Pairc Mherlin
5
Galway County Council
Abbeyknockmoy, Tuam
3
Galway County Council
Clontuskert, Ballinasloe
1
Galway County Council
Ballyglass, Kilconnell
1
Galway County Council
Fahy Gardens, Loughrea
1
Galway County Council
Plunkett Park, Ballygar
1
Leitrim County Council
Tawlaughmore, Mohill
2
Limerick County Council
St. Mary’s Terrace, Askeaton
1
Limerick County Council
Abbey Court, Rathkeale
1
Mayo County Council
Cherryfield, Ballyhaunis
Meath County Council
Bula Cottages, Navan
1
Sligo Borough Council
Willowpark, Magheraboy
1
6
2
9
4
6
1
2
2
South Dublin County Council Kiltipper – Part V
5
Wexford County Council
Drumgoold, Enniscorthy
1
Wexford County Council
Ballyhine, Barnstown
1
Wexford County Council
The Leap, Adamstown
1
Wexford County Council
Rosemount, Drinagh
1
Wicklow County Council
Ballybeg, Rathnew
1
Wicklow County Council
Croneyhorn, Carnew
1
Total
20
Refurbished/
Redeveloped
59
36
Group Housing Schemes under construction
at 31 December 2004
Local Authority
Location
Status
Refurbished/
Redeveloped
New
Cavan County Council
Tullymongan Lower
5
Clonmel Borough Council
Glenconnor, Clonmel
3
Clonmel Borough Council
Railway Cottages
Dublin City Council
St. Margaret’s, Ballymun
26
Dublin City Council
Avila Gardens
1
Fingal County Council
Lissenhall, Swords
14
Mayo County Council
Turlough, Castlebar
2
Roscommon County Council
Killerney, Lanesboro Road,
Roscommon
5
South Dublin County
Council
Ballycragh – Part V
10
South Dublin County
Council
St. Aidan’s, Brookfield
5
Tullamore Town Council
Chancery Lane
4
Total
1
75
1
Single Instance Housing purchased in 2004
Local Authority
Location
Kilkiernan Road, Cabra, Dublin 7
Galway County Council
Kilbeg, Monivea
Galway County Council
Cragwell, Laurencetown
Laois County Council
Clonad, Portlaoise
Laois County Council
Rossvale Court, Portlaoise
Mayo County Council
Lodge Road, Westport
Offaly County Council
Derryad, Killeigh, Tullamore
Roscommon County Council
Clonard, Castlerea
Wicklow County Council
Glenshook, Carnew
Total
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Dublin City Council
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Appendix II
Annual Count of Traveller Families in 2004
-Accommodation
Local
Authority
Standard
Local Authority
Housing
Local
Authority
Group
Housing
2
Private
Houses
Assisted
by Local
Authority
3
Provided by
Voluntary
Bodies with
Local Authority
Assistance
4
1
2002 2003 2004
2002 2003 2004
2002 2003 2004
2002 2003 2004
Carlow
34
40
40
12
15
14
5
4
6
3
2
1
Cavan
29
27
27
4
11
11
0
0
0
0
0
0
Clare
34
36
31
11
19
30
20
23
30
3
2
3
132
143
148
0
0
9
5
5
7
1
1
0
Cork (City)
Cork (County)
88
99
107
14
14
14
10
8
15
0
1
1
Donegal
88
97
91
12
12
11
2
1
1
0
1
3
Dublin (City)
82
101
111
154
153
157
2
2
2
2
2
5
Dún Laoire/Rath.
44
50
43
24
24
22
0
0
0
0
0
0
Fingal
53
57
67
23
30
38
0
0
0
0
0
0
Galway (City)
127
143
151
29
26
26
1
1
1
0
1
2
Galway (County)
203
203
215
38
44
50
13
21
29
6
6
7
Kerry
168
178
180
0
0
0
38
46
50
0
0
0
Kildare
16
25
32
8
8
7
0
0
0
1
0
0
Kilkenny
35
35
35
1
0
0
11
13
13
3
3
3
Laois
39
47
61
4
4
4
9
9
7
2
2
3
2
0
3
0
2
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
Leitrim
Limerick (City)
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Total
12
8
7
9
9
9
2
2
2
0
0
0
Limerick (County)
114
124
130
16
16
16
27
28
28
0
0
0
Longford
140
155
172
0
0
0
10
6
15
5
9
4
Louth
114
125
129
18
16
19
23
27
30
7
7
8
Mayo
105
119
124
5
5
5
15
15
15
4
4
4
Meath
60
68
69
34
41
41
5
5
5
9
9
9
Monaghan
43
47
52
0
0
0
20
20
20
0
0
0
North Tipperary
73
73
81
9
9
9
2
4
4
0
0
0
Offaly
74
65
67
0
0
0
4
21
23
3
6
5
Roscommon
13
13
13
10
10
10
3
3
3
0
0
0
Sligo
22
27
33
0
0
0
1
1
1
3
3
3
101
113
129
24
23
24
8
9
9
0
0
0
South Tipperary
43
44
49
8
8
8
4
5
5
0
0
0
Waterford (City)
92
98
96
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
5
9
11
12
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
Westmeath
51
71
71
4
6
6
1
27
27
1
0
0
Wexford
94
105
110
14
28
28
16
20
22
3
3
7
Wicklow
61
66
67
8
12
12
2
2
3
1
1
1
2,395 2,613 2,753
493
545
582
259
329
376
61
67
74
South Dublin
Waterford (County)
Totals
22
Total
Local
Authority
Halting
Sites
On Unauthorised
Sites
5
Accommodation
provided
by Local Authority
or with
L.A. Assistance
6
7
Accommodation
provided by L.A. or
with L.A. Assistance
and on
Unauthorised Sites
8
2002 2003 2004
2002 2003 2004
2002 2003 2004
2002 2003 2004
7
10
4
61
71
65
16
8
3
77
79
68
21
17
18
54
55
56
2
7
3
56
62
59
25
33
22
93
113
116
54
34
18
147
147
134
70
66
62
208
215
226
32
9
14
240
224
240
14
12
11
126
134
148
49
43
37
175
177
185
35
28
26
137
139
132
6
5
3
143
144
135
153
171
159
393
429
434
62
71
41
455
500
475
29
36
25
97
110
90
15
10
11
112
120
101
173
180
152
249
267
257
35
15
7
284
282
264
36
42
44
193
213
224
1
0
0
194
213
224
24
31
27
284
305
328
72
56
41
356
361
369
30
30
28
236
254
258
11
6
7
247
260
265
29
29
17
54
62
56
50
16
28
104
78
84
14
16
16
64
67
67
16
7
9
80
74
76
12
19
13
66
81
88
18
17
9
84
98
97
26
41
33
28
44
39
0
3
0
28
47
39
43
36
42
66
55
60
6
0
1
72
55
61
27
31
33
184
199
207
101
111
81
285
310
288
18
15
16
173
185
207
4
13
9
177
198
216
11
6
10
173
181
196
12
11
13
185
192
209
6
6
3
135
149
151
46
42
43
181
191
194
49
52
49
157
175
173
1
4
4
158
179
177
11
6
13
74
73
85
8
3
2
82
76
87
19
18
20
103
104
114
29
28
33
132
132
147
28
42
113
120
137
43
42
27
156
162
164
23
18
27
49
44
53
15
12
5
64
56
58
27
30
34
53
61
71
21
30
22
74
91
93
237
257
232
370
402
394
31
29
4
401
431
398
17
22
21
72
79
83
20
22
17
92
101
100
20
21
21
116
123
122
2
4
2
118
127
124
12
11
11
21
22
25
14
2
8
35
24
33
19
35
37
76
139
141
7
0
2
83
139
143
18
15
23
145
171
190
111
96
74
256
267
264
27
30
30
99
111
113
29
32
23
128
143
136
4,522 4,952 5,106
939
788
601
1,314 1,398 1,321
5,461 5,740 5,707
23
NTACC Annual Report 2004
32
Estimated Total Number of Traveller Families
in all Categories of Accommodation in 2004
NTACC Annual Report 2004
Accommodation
On
provided by L.A.
Unauthorised
Local Authority
or with L.A.
Sites
Assistance
Own
Resources
(Estimate)
Private
Rented
(Estimate)
Sharing
Housing
Total
From Page 23,
Column 6
From Page 23,
Column 7
3
4
5
6
Carlow
65
3
10
3
14
95
Cavan
56
3
0
0
2
61
Clare
116
18
2
29
20
185
Cork (City)
226
14
2
14
11
267
Cork (County)
148
37
10
18
19
232
Donegal
132
3
0
29
5
169
Dublin (City)
434
41
0
13
22
510
Dún Laoire-Rath.
90
11
0
0
0
101
Fingal
257
7
0
35
5
304
Galway (City)
224
0
1
41
14
280
Galway (County)
328
41
4
29
16
418
Kerry
258
7
15
5
8
293
Kildare
56
28
15
7
3
109
Kilkenny
67
9
5
6
5
92
Laois
88
9
5
13
5
120
Leitrim
39
0
0
9
0
48
Limerick (City)
60
1
0
6
3
70
Limerick (County)
207
81
100
10
52
450
Longford
207
9
25
17
23
281
Louth
196
13
31
40
15
295
Mayo
151
43
8
18
12
232
Meath
173
4
0
5
3
185
Monaghan
85
2
1
6
2
96
North Tipperary
114
33
0
5
3
155
Offaly
137
27
4
14
2
184
Roscommon
53
5
0
4
11
73
Sligo
71
22
0
2
11
106
South Dublin
394
4
25
55
4
482
South Tipperary
83
17
7
4
4
115
Waterford (City)
122
2
32
10
5
171
Waterford (County)
25
8
1
1
0
35
Westmeath
141
2
73
14
5
235
Wexford
190
74
86
20
28
398
Wicklow
113
23
2
4
2
144
Totals
5,106
601
464
486
334
6,991
24
Beechpark, Ennis, Co. Clare
NTACC Annual Report 2004
25
Annual Count of Families – Position at 26 November 2004
Total Accommodation provided by Local Authority or with
Local Authority Assistance and on Unauthorised Sites = 5,707
1,321
Local Authority
Halting Sites
NTACC Annual Report 2004
74
Provided by
Voluntary Bodies
with Local Authority
Assistance
26
601
Unauthorised
Sites
376
Private Houses
Assisted by Local
Authority
2,753
Standard
Housing
582
Local Authority
Group Housing
Approved Serviced Halting Sites
– 2004
Number of Families
37
During
Construction
Period
64
Other
35
Transient
314
Pending
Permanent
Accommodation
871
Permanent
On Unauthorised Sites
– 2004
Number of Families
244
With Emergency
Services
NTACC Annual Report 2004
357
Without
Emergency
Services
27
Accommodation Provided (No. of Families)
Standard Housing
No. of Families
2800
2700
2753
2600
2500
2613
2400
2300
2395
2200
2002
2003
2004
Year
Group Housing
No. of Families
650
600
550
500
450
400
582
493
545
350
300
250
200
2002
2003
2004
Year
No. of Families
Halting Sites
1420
1400
1380
1360
1340
1320
1300
1280
1260
1398
1321
1314
2002
2003
2004
Year
Unauthorised Sites
No. of Families
NTACC Annual Report 2004
1000
800
939
600
788
601
400
200
0
2002
2003
Year
28
2004