The “statement of recognition of Traveller ethnicity” made in the Dáil last March by former taoiseach Enda Kenny has no legal effect, a High Court judge has said. He was also satisfied the statement of recognition of Traveller ethnicity the family sought to rely on in its proposed amendments had no legal effect. It “clearly is not legislation but fact” and has no legal effect for the purpose of the case. They are on the council’s housing list and, in their judicial review proceedings, claim the council has failed in its obligations to house them. Mr Justice Eagar said, while satisfied he could extend time for judicial review, he would not permit the amendments because they amounted to an “entirely different” case.

Source: The Irish Times December 08, 2017 17:26 UTC