Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 February 2014
523. Deputy Eoghan Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will instruct An Garda Síochána to collect statistics on hate crimes committed here as a standard and regular reporting tool and as currently practised in other jurisdictions. [9258/14]
View answerI can inform the Deputy that the Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I am advised that statistics in relation to the occurrence of hate crimes are maintained by the CSO.
In addition the Garda Racial Intercultural and Diversity Office (GRIDO), which has responsibility for coordinating, monitoring and advising on policing for Ireland's diverse communities, monitors the reporting and recording of hate and racist crime on a continual basis.
Furthermore, statistics in relation to the occurrence of crimes with a racist motivation are published on the website of the Office for the Promotion of Migrant Integration, which operates under my Department's remit.
