The Irish Traveller Movement

Lobbying Organisation The Irish Traveller Movement

Date published 20 Jan, 2026

Relevant Matter Public policy or programme

Public Policy Area Justice and Equality

Period 1 Sep, 2025 to 31 Dec, 2025

Specific Details Traveller Housing and accommodation, Youth, Employment and Enterprise,Policy Programme implementations, Anti racism education

Intended results Equality of outcomes. Fairness in allocations and investments. Sustainability of programmes.

Name of person primarily responsible for lobbying on this activity Jacinta Brack

Did any Designated Public Official(DPO) or former Designated Public Official(DPO) carry out lobbying activities on your behalf in relation to this return? You must include yourself, and answer Yes, if you are a current DPO or a DPO at any time in the past. (What is a Designated Public Official?) No

Did you manage or direct a grassroots campaign? No

Was this lobbying done on behalf of a client? No

Lobbying activity

The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.

Email (6-10)

Housing and accommodation - Traveller exclusions from National Housing Plan

Letter (1)

Programme provisions for Traveller employment and enterprise

Informal communication (2-5)

Advocacy for programme implementation and Budget for actions plans to deliver National Traveller and Roma Inclusion policy. Investment for local sectoral bodies. Need for mainstream Traveller apprenticeships places and national ring fenced funding to support Traveller employment and apprencticeships.

Letter (1)

Funding to support anti racism and intercultural shools' programme.

Letter (1)

Funding to support national Traveller youth strategy programme.

Email (1)

Support for improved engagement between Oireachtas committees and the CSO/ NGO sector.

Designated public officials lobbied

The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.

Peter Finnegan Secretary General (The Houses of the Oireachtas Service)

Marian Harkin Minister of State (Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science)

Helen McEntee Minister (Department of Education)

Eoin Ó Broin TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Rory Hearne TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Pádraig Rice TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Malcolm Noonan Senator (Seanad)

Conor Sheehan TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Sinéad Gibney TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Paul Murphy TD (Dáil Éireann, the Oireachtas)

Jerry Buttimer Minister of State (Department of Rural and Community Development)