I have been informed by the Garda authorities that the tables provided show the number of murders recorded and detected for 2003 and to date in 2004, along with the numbers of persons charged. I should point out that the statistics for 2004 are provisional and are, therefore, subject to change. The number of persons arrested for these offences is not readily available and could only be provided by the disproportional expenditure of Garda time and resources.
Table One
Murders Reported and Detected 2003.
|
Year 2003
|
Reported
|
Detected*
|
No. of persons charged*
|
January
|
7
|
4
|
7
|
February
|
5
|
5
|
5
|
March
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
April
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
May
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
June
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
July
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
August
|
5
|
2
|
0
|
September
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
October
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
November
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
December
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
Total
|
45
|
31
|
32
|
* Figures are provisional and therefore subject to change.
Table Two
Murders Reported and Detected 2004
|
Year 2004
|
Reported*
|
Detected*
|
No. of persons charged*
|
January
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
February
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
March
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
April
|
5
|
5
|
6
|
May
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
June
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
July
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
August
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
September
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
October
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
Total
|
29
|
23
|
19
|
* Figures are provisional and therefore subject to change.