Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 24 November 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Minorities Engaging with the Justice System: Discussion

Dr. Salome Mbugua:

There are so many people from ethnic minorities who are now highly qualified to be on juries and everything of this type. Returning to the Senator's question regarding ethnicity, it is important. If we want to get to know who is presenting in this context, how can we know that if we do not collect this information? From my perspective, therefore, it is important that these questions are asked of everybody, whether they are indigenous Irish, Travellers or LGBTQ people. It should be a general question posed to everybody. In that way, we will be able to capture the information required to allow us to be informed regarding how we are doing as a society and as a country.

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