Discrimination and racism

Four submissions specifically referenced discrimination, racism and/or hate speech against Traveller and Roma people, and how these issues should be reflected in the DCEDIY SoS (Aontas; TEJP; Pavee Point and NTP). Pavee Point stated that: “As minority ethnic groups, Travellers and Roma are among the most marginalised and excluded individuals and groups in Ireland”. TEJP argued that this is “the last acceptable form of racism” which, Aontas argued, contributes to educational inequalities. Pavee Point quoted the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) submission to the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in which IHREC stated that Travellers experience “systemic discrimination”.