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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 November 2013

Tuesday, 5 November 2013

Questions (103)

Clare Daly

Question:

103. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to racial profiling taking place inside the gardaí, with particular reference to his knowledge of information in relation to Traveller infants being put on the PULSE system; and the steps he has taken to address same. [46596/13]

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I am assured by the Garda Commissioner that the Garda Síochána does not engage in discriminatory ethnic profiling, and specifically that it does not engage in data gathering or data mining based upon discriminatory profiling in respect of race, colour, language, religion, nationality, national or ethnic origin, ethnicity or membership of the traveller community.

I am not clear what point the Deputy is making in relation to the storing of information on PULSE relating to traveller children. If it is of any assistance, I would make the general point that PULSE does not solely capture information on offenders, but is used to store information on all Garda interactions with individuals, whether adults or children, such as victims of crime and persons injured in road traffic accidents. This would also include child welfare incidents.

If the Deputy has any specific concerns in mind I would be happy to look into them.

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