Equality Review Recommendations
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that the Council and the Traveller community engage with each other in a manner that is based on recognition of
Overview The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) made the following recommendations, having considered Cork City Council’s assessment of their provision of traveller-specific accommodation services in 2019: 1. Address policy and procedures to respond fully to the recommendations set out in the Equality Review, including:
the need for safe working and living conditions for all concerned.
2. Address policy and procedure for:
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ensuring a respect for Traveller culture and identity in the provision of accommodation services to Travellers, and specifically in relation to horse ownership; assessing, tracking and independently verifying the preferences of the Traveller community in relation to type of accommodation; establishing appropriate processes for Traveller tenant participation in estate management on Traveller-specific accommodation; implementing the local connection requirements for Travellers moving into the jurisdiction to have access to Traveller-specific accommodation; establishing and developing a response to the needs of Travellers who are nomadic within and through the city functional area, through the provision of transient halting site bays; responding to the practical implications of Traveller ethnicity, in the provision of standard housing, in
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that the assessment of need in future TAPs include an estimate of the number of Traveller families and households for whom accommodation will be required at the commencement and conclusion of the programme, and the need for sites as required in the legislation; to ensure accurate statistical data, future surveys should be carried out with peer researchers (Travellers) assisting in the survey and giving respondents the option to take part in locations other than the local authority offices in order to increase response rates; forward planning based on household formation rates and other demographic indicators should be undertaken to estimate future accommodation needs of Travellers within the jurisdiction of the Council and inform future TAPs; that the impact of targets within the TAP be estimated in terms of the number of additional families housed within Traveller-specific housing or through other means; that further goals be set to extend Traveller-specific accommodation within Cork City, in particular to alleviate the overcrowding in halting sites; the process of identifying locations for smaller halting sites situated around the city should be progressed; and
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particular for supporting and sustaining integrated diverse communities;
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tracking the experiences of the Traveller community in seeking to secure accommodation in the private rented sector and addressing the issues identified;
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