Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 July 2013
75. Deputy Heather Humphreys asked the Minister for Finance the number of instances of fuel laundering detected in counties Cavan, Monaghan, Louth, Meath and Donegal for each of the past five years; the number of these cases that were brought to court; the number of convictions arising from these cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34077/13]
View answerI am advised by the Revenue Commissioners that the numbers of fuel laundries detected in the relevant counties for each of the past five years are detailed in the Table. One person found at the oil laundry detected in Donegal in 2011 was prosecuted at Letterkenny Circuit Court on the 29th January 2013 and received a two-year custodial sentence. A second oil laundry prosecution brought before Monaghan District Court on the 20th May 2013 was dismissed on a legal technicality. There are ten oil laundry cases where the Director of Public Prosecutions has directed trial on indictment and which are currently before Monaghan, Dundalk and Trim Circuit Courts. The DPP decided against a prosecution in relation to another case. Prosecution files have been prepared and currently under consideration in respect of two further cases while prosecution files are being prepared in respect of another ten cases. The remaining case forms part of an on-going Garda investigation.
|
Year |
Cavan |
Donegal |
Louth |
Meath |
Monaghan |
Total |
|
2009 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2010 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
2011 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
9 |
|
2012 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
11 |
|
2013 (to date) |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
|
Total |
1 |
1 |
10 |
1 |
13 |
26 |
