Anti-Racism Measures

440. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps he is taking to tackle rising hate crime, racism, online extremism and social division in Ireland; the progress made under the National Action Plan Against Racism 2023-2027; the way such progress is being measured; the measures being taken with An Garda Síochána, schools, local authorities and social medi…

375. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the actions being taken to combat the rise in antisemitism in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23385/26]

297. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration how Ireland’s adoption of the IHRA definition of antisemitism aligns with the implementation of the current National Action Plan Against Racism; if he will provide details on the operationalisation of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9002/26]

385. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures in place to combat the rise of antisemitism in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68956/25]

414. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures his Department and An Garda Síochána are taking to address the prevalence of racist attacks; the supports available to victims of such assaults, including financial assistance for medical and dental treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67721/25]

526. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way his Department treats construction products that hold valid European Technical Assessments or CE marking issued in other EU member states when such products are proposed for use in Irish housing projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65733/25]

527. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of construction products that have been refused acceptance for use in housing schemes in each of the past five years despite holding European Technical Assessment or equivalent EU-recognised certification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65734/25]

528. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if British Board of Agrément certification continues to be recognised as evidence of fitness for purpose for construction products post-Brexit when used in Irish housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65735/25]

138. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the action his Department is taking to address the root causes of racial attacks and ensure better protection and integration for migrant communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60227/25]

1248. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the trainings and assessments members of An Garda Síochána receive for unconscious bias and anti-racism, including both during their training and on an ongoing basis through their active duty. [57726/25]

23. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has met with the special rapporteur for the Action Plan Against Racism; if he can provide an update on the implementation of the Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54191/25]

671. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide an update on the implementation of the National Action Plan Against Racism; and the steps being taken to ensure its impact is felt at community levels. [51245/25]

1903. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the engagement his Department has had with the European Commission regarding the plans by Ireland to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42227/25]

2032. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has had any engagement with the European Commission regarding the recent comments of the EU Coordinator for Combatting Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life describing bake sales for Gaza (including raising money for the Irish Red Cross) as causing 'ambient antisemitism' and linking European cit…

179. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 3 July 2025, if any measures have been put in place to mitigate against the potential misuse of the IHRA definition. [38951/25]

621. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the practical application envisioned by his Department for the recently adopted IHRA working definition of antisemitism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37215/25]

145. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the basis on which, and by whom, the decision was taken to endorse the non-binding working IHRA definition of antisemitism; the reason this was not included in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36826/25]

191. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade with respect to his responsibility for anti-racism policy if it remains the position of the Government that the explanatory examples given as part of the IHRA definition of antisemitism are not an integral part of the definition (details supplied) and therefore that the Government has not adopted them as…

636. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration with respect to his responsibility for anti-racism policy, if Ireland will implement policy similar to that which exists in Germany, where legitimate and peaceful civil society groups have been placed under police observation on the grounds that under the IHRA definition of antisemitism their political opin…

637. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to disallowed Parliamentary Question Ref. No. 1170 of 10 June 2025, if he will be providing or commissioning any advice to staff and agencies under his remit concerning any legal risks involved in applying a non-statutory definition of discrimination in decision-making processes for the purposes of …

646. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason responsibility for anti-racist policy transferred to his remit alongside migration when anti-racism concerns ethnic minority citizens as much as it does migrants. [32770/25]

1059. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to correspondences (details supplied) how the IHRA definition of antisemitism supports or complements the National Action Plan Against Racism per Government press releases, when the Minister responsible for the latter is not able to account for the status of the former. [30479/25]

3. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 215, 216, 217, 218 and 441 of 29 April 2025, if he is aware of the use of the IHRA definition of antisemitism as a tool by groups and colleges in other countries to ban and penalise events being organised in universities and other non-state bodies that promote and refe…

4. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 20 May 2025, the specific individuals or organisations that raised concerns with his Department or the Government ahead of the adoption of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism (details supplied). [27887/25]

117. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 190 of 20 May 2025, whether through the IHRA working definition of antisemitism the State has endorsed the position that criticism of Israel is only legitimate when it concerns actions of the government of Israel and that therefore endorsed that criticism of the Stat…