Minister Alan Shatter TD has said he has no plans to amend legislation regarding racism in Ireland. He was responding to an a campaign calling for racism to be an aggravating factor in crime and to reports that racism is under reported.He said: ‘it would be very difficult to justify legislative provision for racially aggravated sentencing without introducing similar measures to deal with crimes possibly numerically greater and just as reprehensible against other vulnerable groups, for example children and the elderly. In all the circumstances, I have no plans at present, for statutory guidelines for the purpose of racially aggravated sentencing’Transcript of debate: http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/2011/11/22/00332.aspPress Accounts of recent convictionsDublin 2010http://www.herald.ie/news/courts/idle-teen-fined-500-for-racist-outburst-2104738.htmlDublin 2010http://www.herald.ie/news/courts/woman-hit-shop-guard-in-face-in-race-attack-2193214.htmlDublin 2011http://www.herald.ie/news/bus-drunk-jailed-for-racist-abuse-2542523.htmlDublin 2011http://www.herald.ie/news/racist-jailed-for-abuse-of-election-candidate-2899723.htmlDublin 2012http://theredcard.ie/news/?p=1282Clare 2012http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0105/1224309831064.htmlCork 2012http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/woman-kicked-by-man-who-asked-are-you-a-nun-179093.htmlPrevalenceOfficial statistics on racially motivated offences are available at thispage of our websitehttp://www.integration.ie/website/omi/omiwebv6.nsf/page/statistics-RacistIncidentsstatistics-enShow Racism the Red Card also keep reports on racist incidences whether they involve a criminal element or not. Check www.theredcard.ie/news
Minister has no plans to amend racism legislation
Minister Alan Shatter TD has said he has no plans to amend legislation regarding racism in Ireland. He was responding to an a campaign calling for racism to be an aggravating factor in crime and to reports that racism is under reported.He said: ‘it would be very difficult to justify legislative provision for racially aggravated sentencing without introducing similar measures to deal with crimes possibly numerically greater and just as reprehensible against other vulnerable groups, for example children and the elderly. In all the circumstances, I have no plans at present, for statutory guidelines for the purpose of racially aggravated sentencing’Transcript of debate: http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/2011/11/22/00332.aspPress Accounts of recent convictionsDublin 2010http://www.herald.ie/news/courts/idle-teen-fined-500-for-racist-outburst-2104738.htmlDublin 2010http://www.herald.ie/news/courts/woman-hit-shop-guard-in-face-in-race-attack-2193214.htmlDublin 2011http://www.herald.ie/news/bus-drunk-jailed-for-racist-abuse-2542523.htmlDublin 2011http://www.herald.ie/news/racist-jailed-for-abuse-of-election-candidate-2899723.htmlDublin 2012http://theredcard.ie/news/?p=1282Clare 2012http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0105/1224309831064.htmlCork 2012http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/woman-kicked-by-man-who-asked-are-you-a-nun-179093.htmlPrevalenceOfficial statistics on racially motivated offences are available at thispage of our websitehttp://www.integration.ie/website/omi/omiwebv6.nsf/page/statistics-RacistIncidentsstatistics-enShow Racism the Red Card also keep reports on racist incidences whether they involve a criminal element or not. Check www.theredcard.ie/news