asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons detained under the Offences Against the State Act; the number of persons charged following arrest under the Offences Against the State Act, by section of the Act under which people were arrested and charged, separately for the first six months of 1989 and the second six months of 1988, together with the numbers convicted following detention under the Offences Against the State Act, by Act under which they were convicted.
Written Answers. - Offences Against The State Act.
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The following table sets out, for the periods requested, the numbers of persons arrested under section 30 of the Offences against the State Act, 1939.
|
Period |
Number of persons arrested |
|
1 July 1988 to 31 December 1988 |
1,006 |
|
1 January 1989 to 30 June 1989 |
1,147 |
The other information sought by the Deputy is not readily available from Garda records and would have to be compiled specially, at the cost of a disproportionate amount of scarce Garda resources.