Background

National Traveller MABS is part of the national network of Money Advice and Budgeting Services around the country that offer free, confidential and independent services for people in debt or in danger of getting into debt.

National Traveller MABS was established in January 2005 to support these MABS services nationally on issues relating to the Traveller Community. It also supports the Traveller Community nationally in relation to money matters by linking them into their local service.

The predecessor of National Traveller MABS, *Exchange House MABS, identified lack of access to legal and affordable savings and credit as its main concern. National Traveller MABS aims to address this issue through its core objectives.

*Exchange House MABS was set up in 1998 in response to the report compiled by Paul Quinn and Thomas McCann entitled “Access to Credit Facilities in the Greater Dublin Area (1997)”