The Anti-Racism Committee is an independent Committee established by Government in 2020 to draw up a National Action Plan Against Racism (NAPAR) for Ireland. This is in line with the commitment contained within the Programme for Government to publish a new NAPAR. The work of the Committee will help to strengthen the Government’s approach to combatting individual and institutional racism and build on the anti-racism actions included in the Migrant Integration Strategy (MIS) and the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy (NTRIS). The Committee will also examine international best practice in combatting racism and will benchmark their actions against these standards.
Following Government approval, I published the Committee’s Interim Report on 21 April. To coincide with the publication of this Report, the Committee launched its Public Consultation that same day, which runs for twelve weeks from 21 April until 14 July 2021.
The Committee is working to prepare a draft National Action Plan Against Racism by the end of 2021 for consideration of the Government.
The Deputy can access the Committee’s full Terms of Reference, its Interim Report and details of the Public Consultation online.