Pavee Point has submitted to the Department of Health on the topic of Universal Health Insurance, issuing a number of recommendations about Universal Health Insurance, equality of access to healthcare, equality proofing and the delivery of culturally appropriate health services. “Those with greater heath needs and poorer health status will be disproportionately affected by issues […]
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Month: May 2014
The Department of Education and Skills is introducing an ethnic identifier at primary level. This means that in the coming months parents will receive a form from their children’s primary school that will ask them to identify what cultural or ethnic background they identify with. Previously only Traveller children were asked to identify. Pavee Point […]
read more →With results of local and European elections still coming through, it’s hard to know what outcomes will emerge from the shifts in local politics in Ireland. Pavee Point last week welcomed the resignation of Council candidate Cathal O Reilly, following revelations about anti Travellers comments made by him on Facebook. However, we are disappointed that Fine Gael have […]
read more →Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre Press Statement May 22nd , 2014 Sinn Fein Resignation for anti Traveller comment is ‘Action instead of an empty promise’ Pavee Point today welcomes the resignation of Clare County Council election candidate Cathal O Reilly from the Sinn Fein party following his admission that he had made anti-Traveller […]
read more →“The gypsies, who knew what was in store for them, screamed: fights broke out, shots went off and people were wounded. SS reinforcements arrived when the trucks were only half full. The gypsies even used loaves of bread as missiles. But the SS were too strong, too experienced, too numerous.” — Dazlo Tilany Under […]
read more →The Children’s Ombudsman was asked to compile a report on the removal of two Roma children from their families last October. While this report has not yet been released to the public, details of it have emerged in the Sunday Times, published May 11th. Further coverage has emerged from The Irish Times today, as well […]
read more →Realising Roma Children’s Rights Conference Pavee Point hosted the conference “Realising Roma Children’s Rights” on 10 April to mark International Traveller and Roma Day. The conference was addressed by Minister Fitzgerald, Emily Logan, Professor Jacqueline Bhabha from Harvard University and Iulius Rostas from Corvinus University. The conference highlighted serious child welfare issues facing Roma children […]
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