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Decision not to develop Traveller accommodation challenged
Summary
In a High Court hearing on 21 June 2021, two members of the Irish Traveller Community, Ellen Delaney and Mary O'Reilly, brought a judicial review against Waterford City and County Council. The council's elected members had voted 16‑2 in March 2020 to refuse to build a seven‑bay halting site on Carrickpherish Road. The applicants argue the decision was flawed, lacking proper reasons, and was made after the council's Chief Executive had recommended construction in February 2021. They claim the council relied on erroneous assertions, such as the site being a Covid‑19 assistance measure, and ignored the overcrowding of a nearby Traveller group housing scheme. The applicants seek an order quashing the decision, declarations that no reasons were given, that the decision was irrational and unreasonable, and that it breached local housing obligations, human rights legislation, Traveller Accommodation laws and the 2014 Human Rights and Equality Commission Act.
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What: Report matter: Decision not to develop Traveller accommodation challenged. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
When:
- February 2021 Other
- 2021-06-21 Publication
Why: They further claim that the decision is invalid because it was made more than six weeks after the council's Chief Executive recommended in a February 2021 report that construction of the halting site proceed. CNI source report
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