Update from Traveller Accommodation Unit - 25Th April 2016

Update from Traveller Accommodation Unit - 25th April 2016

1. NTACC Visit 24th May - Sites and meeting with LTACC
2. Introduction of Crewcab – This increased mobility for caretaker staff should facilitate greater coverage of the sites and the capacity for teamwork on larger jobs.
3. Closure of the site at Grand Canal

Discussion at LTACC 29/02/16 - all members supportive of sale of the site on the understanding that there will be a benefit to traveller accommodation generally as a result. There was acknowledgment that there has never been demand for the site and it has never operated at capacity.

1. Fire Review - final reports due shortly. There is ongoing liaison with Traveller representative organisations BTAP (Ballyfermot) and TravAct (Coolock) in attempts to create 6m separation where caravans have been brought onto the group housing schemes but where there are no official halting site facilities. Despite requests the families have refused to move to other parts of the site where there is space and in Labre we are meeting with a tenant in an effort to move 4 large steel containers stabling horses to allow at risk caravans to achieve 6m separation.
2. New Site Development - There is ongoing work to identify new sites for Traveller Accommodation.
3. Waste management: There are a number of complaints regarding waste management on the N32 and in the environs of Labre Park. TAU and waste management are working together to address these issues.

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