Dessie Ellis (Dublin North West, Sinn Fein)
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24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his plans to work with public transport companies to help stamp out racism on their services. [16511/15]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I am strongly supportive of measures to prevent racism. I note that an anti-racism campaign entitled "Thers's no room on board for racism" was launched across the public sector network on 22nd April with the support of the Immigrant Council of Ireland, the National Transport Authority and Transport providers.

I understand that over 2,000 posters and an extensive social media campaign was used to get the message out to report racism wherever it occurs. Through the use of posters on buses, trains and trams as well as the busiest stations in the country it will be informing people who witness or experience racism to come forward and report it.

I greatly welcome and support measures that help to stamp out racism.