Vol. 476 No. 2
95 Mr. R. Burke asked the Minister for Equality and Law Reform the content of the Irish working programme for the European Year Against Racism; and whether the Government and the EU support proposals to organise a policy reflection conference involving non-Governmental organisations across the 15 member states and a campaign to outlaw racism and xenophobia under the terms of a new EU Treaty. [6600/97]
I am sending the Deputy the Framework Programme for European Year Against Racism drawn up by the national co-ordinating committee together with a list of events planned at present by organisations participating in the year. I will also place copies of these documents in the library for the information of Deputies.
Ireland supports the inclusion of provisions in the revised EU Treaties to deal with racism. As the Deputy may know, such provisions were contained in the general outline for a draft revision of the Treaties prepared by the Irish Presidency last year.
I am not aware of the conference to which the Deputy refers.
