Travellers in education
The Chair called Senator Flynn, who said there had been no reply from the Minister for Education about Travellers in education and asked that the Leader write again seeking a meeting or response.
I again raise the issue of Travellers in education. Unfortunately, we have not received a reply from the Minister for Education, Deputy Foley. In the past three weeks, we sent two emails requesting a meeting or some kind of communication so we can look to deal with the inequalities that the Traveller community still faces in our education system today. Is it possible that the Leader would write to the Minister? I understand from colleagues that, to be fair, it is common practice that it can take any Minister a week or a week and a half to reply, but to make us wait three weeks since our initial email is not kind. We need to get her around the table to have a conversation about the next steps for Travellers in education. If the Leader could support that, I would very much appreciate it.