Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 March 2022
574. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons that have been charged in each county or policing authority area in each crime sector in each of the past five years; and the number of prosecutions that have occurred in each county or policing authority area in each crime sector in each of the past five years. [10950/22]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána. As Minister, I have no role in these independent functions.
I have requested the relevant information from An Garda Síochána, but as the request covers an expansive stretch of time of 5 years and with the complexities around the nature of the request, I have been advised that it would require a disproportionate amount of time and Garda resources to complete the work. Consequently I am unable to provide the information requested to the Deputy.
In relation to the number of prosecutions, I have made appropriate enquiries and the Courts Service have advised that the data requested by the Deputy is published in the Annual Reports of the Courts Service, which are available online at the following link:
www.courts.ie/annual-report
I am further advised that information for the 2021 Annual Report has not yet been processed, and will be published later in the year.
