Galway Bay fm newsroom -The goverment has published a fire safety report on Traveller accommodation in Galway and across the country.
It shows that fire safety works have been carried out at less than half of Galway Traveller accommodation units.
The report is part of a national audit ordered in the wake of the Carrickmines tragedy, in which 10 people died at a temporary halting site in Dublin.
Earlier this year, Galway City and County Councils completed fire safety audits of Traveller accommodation across Galway, which were submitted to the Department of the Environment.
The department has now published its report on the matter.
The report says 59 official Traveller accommodation units across Galway, and 17 temporary units have been audited for fire safety by Galway’s local authorities.
4 unofficial Traveller accommodation units in the city were also assessed.
Fire safety works have been carried out at 21 units across the city and county.
It also shows that Galway city and county council have annual pre-incident planning in place for Traveller-specific accommodation.
Nationally, the absence of a working smoke alarm was identified as an issue in 81% of accommodation units appraised.
77% of these have been supplied with a smoke alarms as of the 1st July.
The lack of a working carbon monoxide alarm was identified as an issue in 83% of units appraised across Ireland.
Of these, 69% have now been supplied with a carbon monoxide alarm.
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