Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 3 October 2024
Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community
Irish Travellers’ Access to Justice Report: Discussion
10:30 am
Professor Amanda Haynes:
There are a number of different approaches that can be taken. The legislation that has been drafted in respect of recording people being stopped and searched does not incorporate an ethnic identifier. If it is enacted, we will have recording of people being stopped and searched for the first time in the State. However, as it stands, we will not have the recording of an ethnic identifier. At this stage in our development, it is incredible that we would miss this opportunity and put through the legislation and actively choose to omit an ethnic identifier. That is not just for the Traveller community but for all of ethnic minorities in this country.
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