Peadar Tóibín
Question:1313. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons under 18 years of age murdered in the State in each of the past ten years. [2197/22]
View answerDáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 January 2022
1313. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons under 18 years of age murdered in the State in each of the past ten years. [2197/22]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware, the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, is responsible for the compilation and publication of all crime statistics. The CSO produce statistics using data recorded on An Garda Síochána’s PULSE system and make regular releases under reservation in relation to various crime statistics, including recorded and detected crime. The CSO continues to work with An Garda Síochána to address quality issues in the underlying sources used to compile the statistics.
I can inform the Deputy that the CSO has released the below information under reservation. The table represents the category "Recorded crime incidents (murder, manslaughter, infanticide) by age of victim - under 18." 2020 is the most recent year for which complete statistics are available.
Year |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Total |
3 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
6 |
5 |
3 |
3 |
7 |