Source: Task Force Report 1995 - Summary report on discrimination

"Over the past decade discrimination against Travellers has not diminished. This requires new initiatives and new approaches. Travellers experience discrimination at an individual and interpersonal level and at an institutional level. Discrimination at the individual level is most common when Travellers seek access to any of a range of goods, services and facilities, to which access is denied purely on the basis of their identity as Travellers. At the institutional level, discrimination against Travellers may occur where, for example, procedures and practices reflect a lack of Travellers culture and identity.

This discrimination experienced by Travellers can be direct and indirect. At the level of the individual it is more often conscious and direct. Positive action targeted on Travellers is necessary to eliminate discrimination, to promote equality, and to relieve hardship and the impact of past discrimination."