PQ 20
20. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will indicate how An Garda Síochána are responding to an apparent increase in vigilantism coordinated through social media which targets minorities; if he can provide information on what new or changed policing approach is being adopted as a result of the novel methods now being employed to undertaken criminal harassment and/or assaults; what data is now being collected on such activity, and how is this being used in support of a policing and security response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54190/25]
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20. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will indicate how An Garda Síochána are responding to an apparent increase in vigilantism coordinated through social media which targets minorities; if he can provide information on what new or changed policing approach is being adopted as a result of the novel methods now being employed to undertaken criminal harassment and/or assaults; what data is now being collected on such activity, and how is this being used in support of a policing and security response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54190/25]
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