NI Local Government Partnership for Travellers Issues
Dear Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council,
Local Councils Recommendation iv of the NIHRC report on Traveller Accommodation “Out of Site, Out of Mind, March 2018, requires that “All local Councils should be active members of the NI Local Government Partnership for Travellers Issues and should give consideration to developing or strengthening Traveller Forums to consider issues relating to Travellers, including accommodation”. Please can you provide the following information:
1. A list of current Elected Members and Officers appointed to represent Council on the NI Local Government Partnership for Travellers Issues and the date and duration of their appointment.
2. A list of past Elected Members and Officers appointed to represent Council on the NI Local Government Partnership for Travellers Issues and the date and duration of their appointment.
3. Copies of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Minutes and meeting notes which refer to the NI Local Government Partnership for Travellers Issues from March 2018 to present.
4. Copies of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council Minutes and meeting notes which refer to Travellers Accommodation from March 2018 to present.
Many thanks.
Kelly Laverty
For Craigavon Traveller Support Committee
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