asked the Minister for Justice the number of criminal cases dealt with in the Dublin Metropolitan Children's Court in each of the last five years.
Written Answers . - Dublin Children's Court Statistics .
1122.
, Limerick East): The number of criminal cases dealt with in the Dublin Metropolitan Children's Court in each of the last five years was as follows:—
|
Year ended 31st July |
Number of Criminal cases dealt with |
|
1978 |
21,031 |
|
1979 |
19,566 |
|
1980 |
19,748 |
|
1981 |
16,332 |
|
1982 |
15,497 |
These figures do not represent the number of persons who appeared before the court but rather the number of alleged offences dealt with by the court. Experience shows that those appearing before the court are, on average, each charged with three or four offences.