Finian McGrath
Question:
740
Mr. F. McGrath
asked the
Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
the number of times the powers granted to the Garda Síochána under section 24 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 have been invoked by a member of the Garda Síochána; the number of times any such invocation has resulted in arrest or charge; the number of times such arrest or charge has resulted in subsequent Court prosecution or conviction; the number of times a caravan or caravans have been impounded under the confiscate and impound legislation; if he will provide the foregoing figures by reference to Garda division; the categories of classification which are used in the statistics and the records maintained regarding the identity of persons against whom section 24 powers have been invoked; if categories of classification referred to in the statistics and the records maintained identify a class of persons affected as Travellers, the number of such Travellers who have been identified in the statistics as affected by the section; if categories of classification referred to in the statistics and the records maintained identify classes of persons as non-Traveller, the number of non-Travellers who have been identified in the statistics as affected by the section; if no such categories of classification are apparent from the statistics, if he proposes to direct that such categories be compiled to ascertain the impact of the legislation on the Traveller community; the provisions which have been made administratively for guidance and oversight for members of the Garda Síochána in the invocation of this provision; the directions, considerations and administrative guidelines which have been put in place either by him or the Garda Commissioner regarding the disposal or storage of property seized in this regard.
[1263/05]
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