The police have established Ethnic Liaison Officers. Their role is to make contact with the local minority and vulnerable communities to build trust in the policing service and to ensure that racist hate crime is detected and prevented in Irish society.
Official figures record 24 minor physical assaults, 16 cases of criminal damage, 30 public order offences and 28 other offences, including incitement to hatred.
Official figures record four anti-Semitic hate crimes.
Official figures record 17 crimes based on bias against LGBT.
The Transgender Equality Network Ireland (TENI) reported a case of physical assault against three participants on their way to a conference about transgender issues.
Transgender Europe (TGEU) reported two physical assaults against transgender people.
The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) recommended that Ireland improve and supplement the existing arrangements for collecting data on racist incidents, and assess the application of criminal law provisions against racism in order to identify any gaps that need closing, including making racist motivation an aggravating circumstance.
UNHCR reported one physical assault against a woman of African descent.
ODIHR observes that Ireland has not reported on the numbers of prosecuted cases or information on sentenced hate crime cases to ODIHR.