Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD today called on the Minister for Health to intervene to compel the HSE to release smear slides to women affected by the CervicalCheck controversy so they can be independently reviewed.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe report gives clear evidence that legislation is needed and it\u2019s needed now. Despite this, and the fact we have no dedicated law against violent hate crime, the Minister somehow thinks a long promised review is enough.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Co-leader of the Social Democrats, R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall TD, has condemned the attitude of the Department of Justice to hate crime as \u201cpathetic, and demonstrating a total lack of urgency\u201d.<\/p>\n
After raising the matter with the Minister for Justice in the D\u00e1il this morning Deputy Shortall described the Minister\u2019s response as \u201cthe laissez faire attitude of a man unaffected by these sorts of crimes\u201d.<\/p>\n
Deputy Shortall explained:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe publication of an ICCL report into hate crime should have served to finally put some urgency into the Minister and his Department\u2019s response to hate crime. I\u2019m shocked that he\u2019s basically shrugged his shoulders and given the same lacklustre response we\u2019ve been hearing since he took office.<\/p>\n
The report, which was published yesterday, found that the lack of specific hate crime legislation has given rise to a \u201cpolicy vacuum\u201d and that the \u201chate\u201d aspect of crimes is gradually filtered out as complaints make their way through the criminal justice system.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe report gives clear evidence that legislation is needed and it\u2019s needed now. Despite this, and the fact we have no dedicated law against violent hate crime, the Minister somehow thinks a long promised review is enough,\u201d Deputy Shortall continued.<\/p>\n
Deputy Shortall added:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe crimes we are talking about are often horrific acts of violence, such as the assault against a same sex couple in Portlaoise last week. However, even on the lower end of the spectrum, the impact of hate motivated petty crimes like criminal damage can far outweigh their apparent severity.<\/p>\n
“For example, this week reports emerged of a young man posting, in real time, on an online forum as he prepared to throw a rock with a homophobic message through the window of a gay bar. This was a petty and cowardly act of vandalism. However, as Emily Logan said yesterday, crimes like this serve as ‘a message crime’.<\/p>\n
“They make people from minority communities think twice about their place in Irish society, while emboldening those who harbour views most of us find abhorrent. The State has a responsibility to make it clear that we will not stand for this. The Minister\u2019s review is another unnecessary delay when what is needed is a comprehensive stand-alone legislation on hate crime.\u201d<\/p>\n
ENDS<\/p>\n
5th July 2018<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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