The Deputy will appreciate that the Garda Commissioner is responsible, by law, for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, and as Minister, I have no direct role in the matter.
I am informed by the Garda authorities that a search of the PULSE database was conducted on 10 February 2022 to identify any incident of type ‘Mental Health Act (detained under)’ reported nationwide and found that a total of 6,315 such incidents were recorded during 2021.
The Deputy should note that these figures are based on data obtained from PULSE on 10/2/2022. All figures are operational and liable to change.