Co Kerry has no transient halting site for Travellers despite a clear need, an interagency report has said.
The Kerry Interagency Traveller Strategy 2007-2010 aims to improve the quality of life of the Traveller community in the county over the next three years and pledges to consult the community on their accommodation, health and education needs.
The report says there are annual complaints about Travellers using beaches and beauty spots when they arrive for fairs and events. However, preliminary research has shown that they find it difficult to get short-term accommodation in the private parks to cater for their numbers.
The strategy involving local authorities, the Traveller community and others pledges to consult more with the community on their needs. The regeneration of the Mitchel's area in Tralee, which began after extensive meetings with Travellers, is to be a model for other areas, it said.
Meanwhile, a council spokesman has said the offer of a house to a Traveller family near Killorglin stood.
Patrick and Nora Coffey and their nine children have been living in a three-bedroom council house in Killorglin town for the past seven years. They recently accepted an offer of a larger extended house in a rural area west of Killorglin.
Residents in Tullig west of Killorglin have voiced their opposition to the move and two weeks ago they held a meeting. It was chaired by local area councillor and mayor of Kerry, Michael Healy-Rae.
The Coffey family were not invited and only heard about the meeting through radio reports.