NCCRI Policy Submissions

Policy Submissions: Supporting the development of intercultural policy approaches

As an expert organisation on racism and interculturalism, the NCCRI seeks to inform policy through for example submissions to a range of government and statutory agencies to heighten awareness of the anti-racism and intercultural policy perspectives. Policy development work has focused on a number of areas including:

Provision of services in an intercultural Ireland
The development of equality legislation
Responding to racism and discrimination
Participation of minority ethnic communities in decision making

Policy Submissions by the NCCRI: 2008 | 2007 |2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999

Please note: All PDF files linked-to below are under 250 Kb in size unless otherwise stated.


2008
Submission to the Joint Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women’s Rights: Immigration Residence and Protection Bill 2008	PDF format

2007
Submission to An Garda Síochána Policing Plan 2008	PDF format
Comments by the National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism (NCCRI) on the Draft Government Report under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)	PDF format
2006
NCCRI Submission on the Scheme for an Immigration, Residence and Protection Bill	PDF format
Submission to the Homeless Agency on Homeless Agency Action Plan 2007-2010	PDF format
Progress on Concluding Observations on Ireland's First and Second Report under the International Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination (ICERD)	PDF format
Submission to the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI)	PDF format
Submission to the NESF Project Team on Improving the Delivery of Quality Public Services (with appendix)	PDF format Appendix (1Mb)
Submission on Press Council	PDF format
2005
NCCRI Submission to the Immigration and Residence Discussion Document	PDF format
Submission to the Legal Aid Board Corporate Plan Review June 2005	PDF format
Barriers facing minority ethnic entrepreneurs	PDF format
Observations on the Consultation Process on the Northern Ireland Census 2011	PDF format
Submission to Ireland's Second Report under the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities	PDF format
Submission on the Green Paper on an EU Approach to Managing Economic Migration, to the Director General, Directorate General Justice, Freedom and Security, European Commission	PDF format
Submission to the Commission for Taxi Regulation	PDF format
Submission to the Review of the Government's Homeless Strategy: Impact of the Habitual Residence Condition	PDF format
Submission to the Constitutional Review on The Family	PDF format
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination Comment on the Combined First and Second Reports by Ireland	PDF format
2004
European Monitoring Centre on Human Rights, Equality and Racism	PDF format
UN Convention on the Rights of the Child National. Report of Ireland; Comments from the NCCRI	PDF format
Submission to the National Economic and Social Forum (NESF): Creating a more Inclusive Labour Market	PDF format
Submission to An Garda Síochána Policing Plan 2005	PDF format
Response by Ireland to the OSCE Notes Verbales Regarding Tolerance and Non-Discrimination: Hate crime, including violent manifestation of racism, xenophobia, discrimination and anti- Semitism	PDF format
Response to the European Commission Communication on the Tampere programme and future orientations	PDF format
Response to the Green Paper on equality and non-discrimination in an enlarged European Union	PDF format
OSCE Special Meeting on the Relationship between Racist, Xenophobic, and Anti-Semitic Propaganda on the Internet and Hate Crimes, Paris, 16-17 June 2004, Questionnaire to Participating States	PDF format
Habitual Residence Condition - Draft Guidelines Preliminary Comments by the NCCRI	PDF format
Submission In Relation to Male Circumcision in Ireland	PDF format
Equality Bill 2004	PDF format
Submission to the Democracy Commission	PDF format
The importance of recognising Travellers as an ethnic group	PDF format
Presentation to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Science	PDF format
Proposed Changes in the Social Welfare Code Arising from EU Enlargement	PDF format
Submission on the Immigration Bill 2004	PDF format
Report of the Legal Advisory Group on Defamation	PDF format
Traveller Education Strategy	PDF format
2003
2003 Census of Population Consultation on Questionnaire Content	PDF format
Submission to the Department of Environment on the Private Residential Tenancies Bill, 2003	PDF format
Submission to An Garda Siochana Policing Plan 2004	PDF format
Submission to the Joint Committee of the Irish Human Rights Commission and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission on a Charter of Rights for the island of Ireland	PDF format
Report to the Special Rapporteur on Contemporary Forms of Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance	PDF format
Submission to the Sub-Committee on Seanad Reform	PDF format
Submission to the Family Support Agency Strategic Plan	PDF format
Submission to the draft public service broadcasting charter for RTE	PDF format
Submission to the National Action Plan against Poverty and Social Exclusion 2003-2005 (NAPincl)	PDF format
The inclusion of ethnic minorities in community and local development strategies	PDF format
2002
Submission to the National Crime Council regarding the underlying causes of crime	PDF format
2001
Submission to the National Action Plan for Women
Submission to the Review of Immigration and Residence Policy	PDF format
Submission to the Review of the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act 1989	PDF format
Racism as a Cause of Poverty: A Submission to the Review of the National Anti-Poverty Strategy	PDF format
Issues and Recommendations concerning the employment of migrant workers in Ireland	PDF format
2000
The Beijing Platform for Action and Women from Minority Ethnic Groups
Building an Anti-Racist Approach to Service Provision
Submission to the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia
Further Actions and Initiatives to Implement the Beijing Platform for Action
Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Towards an Intercultural Approach to the Integration of Children at Primary School Level
1999
December Submission to the Asylum Directorate DJELR on the issues of dispersal and direct provision
Submission to the Expert Advisory Group on the Content and Duration of Post-Primary Teacher Education
Submission to the Equal Status Bill 1999
Submission to the Employment Action Plan
The Green Paper on Adult Education
The Human Rights Commission Head of Bill