Vol. 449 No. 4
144 Mr. Davern asked the Minister for Justice the number of drug-related offences brought to court in the Tipperary division in each of the years 1993 and 1994; the number of cases in each court area; and the number of convictions. [3989/95]
Statistics are not complied in a manner to distinguish those crimes which are drug-related, in the widest interpretation of the term, from those which are not. It would not always be possible for investigating gardaí to say for certain whether a particular crime was drug-related.
Statistics relating to the number of cases in which proceedings were instituted under the Misuse of Drugs Acts in each of the District Courts in Tipperary and the total number of convictions are as follows:
|
District |
Number of cases in which proceedings were brought to court under the Misuse of Drugs Acts |
|
|
1993 |
1994 |
|
|
Thurles District Court |
65 |
40 |
|
Clonmel District Court |
2 |
8 |
|
Cahir District Court |
1 |
2 |
|
Nenagh District Court |
3 |
— |
|
Templemore District Court |
— |
1 |
|
Roscrea District Court |
— |
3 |
|
Total Number of cases |
71 |
54 |
|
Total Number of convictions |
70 |
54 |
