Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 June 2004
84 Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which his Department has responded to the finding by the national consultative committee on racism and interculturalism that racist incidents have significantly increased in the months since the Government announced its citizenship referendum proposal and that specific targeting of pregnant non-national women for racist abuse has increased. [16339/04]
View answerAs I stated in my reply to the Deputy on this issue last Tuesday, the claim that the national consultative committee on racism and interculturalism has made such a finding emanated from recent newspaper reports which, according to the NCCRI, are exaggerated. The Garda racial and intercultural office, which monitors racist incidents reported to Garda, informed me there has not been a sharp increase in the number of racist incidents reported to the Garda since the announcement of the proposed referendum.
