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A total of twenty one new house units were provided mainly by way of allocationfrom the regular Housing Capital Programme together with a number of casualvacancies. Of these, four units were allocated to Traveller families who were alreadyCouncil tenants, to improve their standard of accommodation.The Plan includes provision for an annual review of the number of Traveller familiesrequiring accommodation and for a review of the projections used in formulating thefour year Plan. This review is currently underway. It will be discussed with the LocalTraveller Accommodation Consultative Committee and brought forward to theHousing Strategic Policy Committee before coming before the full County Councilfor adoption as a target for 2006. The balance of units provided will be adjusted totake account of the deficit in year one of the Plan.While considerable progress has been made in providing accommodation for theTraveller community, this area still presents a significant challenge to Mayo CountyCouncil. The Council will seek to work with all of the many agencies involved in thisarea, including the Health Service Executive, the Department of Education and thevarious support groups set up to help improve the lot of the Traveller community.This work is being undertaken with the support of the Community and Enterprisesection. Mayo County Council are engaged in recruiting two additional TravellerAccommodation / Liaison Officers to work directly with the Traveller community andthe Housing staff on the ground, to aid in the provision of appropriate accommodationand to provide ongoing support and management services. These extra personnelshould help to improve the accommodation situation in the year ahead.Electoral Area Total Annual TargetBallina 27 6-7Ballinrobe 16 4Belmullet 0Castlebar 35 8-9Claremorris 22 5-6Swinford 14 3-4Westport 4 1TOTAL: 118 29 - 3016