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Free Spirits : Irish Travellers and Irish Traditional Music
The Commission on Itinerancy Report of also had a huge bearing on the lives of Travellers in this State. Little wonder there is, after decades of discrimination and demonisation a sense of demoralisation, low self-worth and inferiority among some in the Travelling community.
We need only look to the opposition to a temporary halting site for those bereaved by the Carrickmines fire in late as an example. Or the treatment of Travellers in my own constituency who were evicted from a halting site in Dundalk this time last year.
We know that there is much wider institutional discrimination faced by members of the Travelling community, in areas like health and education provision. It is a relationship that has been blighted by suspicion, resentment and animosity, based on false perceptions and fears.
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The Proclamation of should be the mission statement of a modern Irish Republic. It addresses itself to Irish men and Irish women.
To be able to access education, and health services, and work, and accommodation, on the basis of equality. The Traveller child born today faces a life in which he or she will be part of the most socially disadvantaged group in Irish society. That child will leave school earlier, have little prospect of work, will suffer ill-health and poverty, and will die younger. Cutbacks in education, health and other services have impacted severely on the Traveller community. The suicide rate for Traveller women is six times that of the settled community. It is seven times higher for Traveller men.
At the root of all these problems are the unacceptable levels of prejudice, discrimination and social exclusion experienced by Travellers at institutional and other levels.
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Such a forum could discuss openly and in detail how discrimination and prejudice against Travellers can be confronted, including prejudicial attitudes facilitated by the actions of some politicians and media outlets. But despite those decades of discrimination, the Traveller community are a proud people, a resilient people. I want to acknowledge in particular the huge contribution and influence on Irish traditional music by Irish Traveller families, particularly uilleann pipers and fiddlers.
In the summer of , when sectarian evictions were incited in reaction to the demands of the civil rights movement, I was one of a small group of activists who helped families to move their belongings from their homes. It should be noted that it was people from the Traveller community in Belfast who provided and drove the lorries at great risk to themselves and which took these families out of danger. I know that they are up for the challenge of ensuring that we resolve lingering issues and ensuring our society embraces the differences among citizens that make up the diversity and uniqueness of our island.
Through strong and resolute leadership and co-operation at all levels in political and civic society and in our settled and Traveller communities we can ensure a society that underpins equality for every citizen. The formal recognition of Traveller ethnicity is not a magic wand or formula that will address the challenges and discrimination faced by the Travelling community on its own, but it is a major step in the right direction.
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