2. Policy

Policy

National Traveller MABS (NTMABS) works to ensure that policy makers and service providers are informed by the experience and situation of Travellers.

National Traveller MABS works directly with the Traveller Community to establish evidence of issues which prevent the full participation of Travellers in society.

This is undertaken in tandem with our Community Eeducation and Development work to ensure that we present a true account of Traveller experience. NTMABS also meets regularly with our Consultative Forum, a panel of Travellers that advise us on issues pertaining to the community.

Additionally we liaise and work with other bodies representing Travellers and other marginalised groups.

We work within the structures of MABS and our funding body, the Citizens Information Board, to highlight ways to ensure a fully inclusive society. We lobby policy makers at national and local level to implement changes in policy and practice which impact negatively on such groups.

Our Main Policy Areas are:

Recent Articles
Financial Inclusion And Exclusion Of Ethnic Minorities

Two testimonies on obstacles faced by ethnic minorities when accessing banking services. Coring Delos Reyes from United Migrant Domestic Workers in The Netherlands gives her testimony on the obstacles she faced because of her legal status when trying to access banking...

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Recognising Traveller Ethnicity

National Traveller MABS welcomes the recommendation by the Justice Oireachtas Committee for the Irish State to Recognise Traveller Ethnicity ...

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European Commission Recommendations On Access To Payment Services

On 13 July 2011, the European Commission will issue a recommendation to all Member States to ensure that consumers have access to a basic payment account if they need one. Access to payment services has become a necessary precondition for...

 26 Jun 2013 Hits: 2043
New Framework Boosts Roma Inclusion

The Roma is Europe’s largest minority group, with a presence in almost all EU Member States. Wherever they live, the Roma tend to suffer social exclusion and deprivation. A new initiative from the European Commission aims to change this situation...

 26 Jun 2013 Hits: 1913
Travellers in Ireland: An Examination of Discrimination and Racism

Travellers are widely acknowledged as one of the most marginalised and disadvantaged groups in Irish society. Travellers fare poorly on every indicator used to measure disadvantage: unemployment, poverty, social exclusion, health status, infant mortality, life expectancy, illiteracy, education and training...

 26 Jun 2013 Hits: 7119