(Dublin Central) asked the Minister for Justice the latest figures available for 1974 and 1975 on the number of persons summoned for discarding litter on public streets.
Written Answers. - Litter Prosecutions.
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Statistics of prosecutions for the offence of discarding litter on the streets are not available. The cost of specially compiling them—which would involve a considerable amount of staff time in District Court offices throughout the country—would be disproportionate to the value of the information sought.
I should, perhaps, point out that, except possibly in very exceptional cases, the institution of such proceedings is a matter for the local authority rather than the Garda Síochána.