Peadar Tóibín
Question:583. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of convictions for sexual assault, sexual violence or rape since 2011 in each county; and the sentences attached to each conviction. [7904/21]
View answerWednesday, 17 February 2021
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As the Deputy may be aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service, which is independent in exercising its functions. This includes the provision of information on the courts system.
To be of assistance, I made enquiries with the Courts Service, who have informed me that statistics relevant to the information sought by the Deputy, insofar as they are available, are set out in the Courts Service Annual Reports which are published on the Courts Service website.
The Courts Service have further informed me that prior to 2015 the figures retained relate to overall offences and so are unlikely to yield the information sought by the Deputy but that from 2015 to date the figures have been recorded in a way that may provide information more comparable to that requested. I have asked the Courts Service to look at this and revert to the Deputy with any further breakdown available to expand on the information set out in the annual reports from 2015-2019. I understand the figures for 2020 are currently being compiled in preparation for the publication of the 2020 Annual Report.
All annual reports are available on - https://www.courts.ie/annual-report.