Technical Report - Donegal Traveller's Project

Health Survey FindingsTable 41: Access to site. For those living on sites or in group housing only - are there barrierson the entrance to the site? (Questionnaire item A_15)ROINIYes No n Yes No nTotal 46.7% 53.3% 1594 25.9% 74.1% 482Table 42: Access to site. For those with barriers only - do you or someone on site have accessto keys 24 hours a day for emergencies? (Questionnaire item A_15a)ROINIYes No n Yes No nTotal 27.0% 73.0% 723 71.0% 29.0% 124Rats were a problem for 33.1% of ROI and 26.8% of NI families, whilst proximity to a main road wasa problem for 47.5% of ROI and 28.9% of NI families. A quarter of families (24.4% ROI and 24.8% NI)considered where they lived to be unhealthy or very unhealthy and appreciable numbers (26.4% ROIand 29.0% NI) considered their place of residence unsafe.Table 43: Physical hazards in the accommodation area. Are any of the following a problemwhere you live? (Percentages represent all respondents who endorsed the option as aproblem.) (Questionnaire item A_16_1)ROIn=6,927NIn=1,396Total Rubbish dump 11.3% 7.6%Rats 33.1% 26.8%River 13.6% 9.5%Overhead cables 19.9% 18.3%Lodged water 21.3% 6.0%Main road 47.5% 28.9%Again, Traveller experience of safety and healthiness of their homes was analysed by accommodationtype. Those respondents in ‘site’ type accommodation rated their living conditions as either healthy orunhealthy in 58.6% of cases in ROI and 45.6% in NI, compared with just 15.6% of ROI and 14.5% of NITravellers in ‘housed’ accommodation. There was a similar response to a question relating to safety ofthe home, and Travellers in ‘site’ accommodation reported substantially more living area hazards thandid ‘housed’ respondents.83