David Norris (Independent) | Oireachtas source

The final issue I would like to raise is hate crime. There have been a series of attacks on gay people, in particular the one on a very decent man named Marc Power, who came in to see me. He was savagely attacked by a group of youths who were obviously intent on killing him. There is no question about that. He was lucky enough to be able to defend himself and escape. An Garda Síochána has spoken about hate crime. It is proceeding on the basis that it is a hate crime but there is no legislative basis for this. I ask that we consider the introduction of legislation on hate crime.