Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 31 January 2023
534. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the National Action Plan Against Racism that was being developed following public consultation and a report from the independent Anti-Racism Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4565/23]
Amharc ar fhreagraIn 2020, the Government established an independent Anti-Racism Committee to strengthen the Government’s approach to combatting individual and institutional racism and build on the antiracism actions included in the Migrant Integration Strategy (MIS) and the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy (NTRIS).
Following an extensive public consultation, including engagement with international experts, the Committee submitted its action plan against racism in June 2022.
I then discharged the Committee of its Terms of Reference, and the Committee was formally brought to a close at its last plenary on 20 July 2022. My department is currently engaged in an inter-departmental process to agree year-one implementation plans to bring to Government with the NAPAR. This process will inform the way the strategy will be implemented.
My colleague Minister O'Brien and I intend to bring the Committee’s plan and the year-one implementation plan to Government for approval in February 2023, and then to launch the NAPAR in early March.
