CITY TRAVELLER DEVELOPMENT PLAN PASSED AMID CONTROVERSY

Date Published: 10-Feb-2009

The City's Draft Traveller Accommodation Plan 2009 - 2013 was passed at a meeting of City Council last night amid controversy.The plan outlines the needs of travellers within the city boundaries and the Council's obligations to them.The Draft Traveller Accommodation Plan caused controversy among councillors who felt that certain sites should not have been identified for halting sites in the city.The document went through a public consultation process with over 600 submissions.Director of Services for Housing, Joe O' Neill told members of the Council that they hope to accommodate around 150 families over the next 5 years.