Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2023-06-21
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

I had a very good meeting yesterday with eight of the organisations that represent the LGBT community. The Tánaiste was present, as was the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee. We discussed this particular issue. The Minister committed to do two things. First, once the hate crime legislation is signed into law, a public campaign will be run to inform people of the law and what it means. We will run a campaign around hate and incitement to hatred similar to the campaign we have run on Coco's Law on sharing intimate messages with people. The Deputy will be familiar with it. That commitment has been made. A commitment has also been made to engage with An Garda Síochána because there should be greater engagement with the Garda around detecting and prosecuting crimes against the LGBT community. In fairness to An Garda Síochána, it has improved a lot when it comes to that issue but there is always room for further improvement.

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Sitting date: 2023-06-21