Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 July 2016
59. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of holders, annually, of licensed firearms who had their firearms removed from them by the Garda as a result of producing a firearm during a trespass on their dwelling or in the course of a crime being committed at their dwelling. [23888/16]
View answerSection 5 of the Firearms Act 1925, as amended, provides for the revocation of firearm certificates by an issuing member of An Garda Síochána. I am advised by An Garda Síochána that they are not in a position to provide the information in the manner requested by the Deputy as it would require a disproportionate amount of Garda time and resources to collate the data requested.
