Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 November 2014
290. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form from 2010 to date in 2014 the number of gun licence applications refused by An Garda Síochána; the number of those refusals which were appealed to the courts; the number of those applications which were successful in the courts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45288/14]
View answerI have asked the Garda Commissioner for a report on the matter insofar as An Garda Síochána are concerned and will write to the Deputy when it becomes available.
The Courts Service has advised that the information related to District Court cases is not readily available and could only be retrieved by way of a manual examination of each individual court record. As I am sure the Deputy will appreciate, this would require the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of staff time and resources which cannot be justified.
