Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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636. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality 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 opinions are considered antisemitic (details supplied); and how he will protect the rights of individuals and groups that call for a boycott of Israel or who hold anti-Zionist views. [32577/25]

Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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637. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality 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 distinguishing between candidates for jobs or determining funding for research, cultural or other projects. [32578/25]

Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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646. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality 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]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 636, 637 and 646 together.

The Anti-racism Policy and Funds Administration Unit formed part of the International Protection and Integration Division within the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) which transferred to my Department with effect from May 1 last in line with the Programme for Government 2025.

A primary focus is monitoring the implementation of Ireland’s National Action Plan Against Racism (NAPAR). This is a cross-Government programme as the Deputy will appreciate that racism is an issue that necessitates action by Government, public bodies, private bodies, communities and individuals.

The Government’s endorsement of the Global Guidelines for Countering Anti-semitism and the IHRA working definition of anti-semitism supports our wider commitment to addressing discrimination in all its forms, through implementation of the plan. That implementation will progress during 2025 and beyond.

In relation to the Deputy's questions on protection of people across a range of potential circumstances, the rights of individuals and groups in Ireland are protected under the Constitution, and by extensive sectoral legislation and regulation, including equality and employment legislation, among others.