Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 November 2022
270. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of times that the fire brigade has been called to incidents involving persons entering or attempting to enter the water in the River Corrib in Galway city in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [58995/22]
View answer272. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of times that fire brigades have been dispatched in each county in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [58998/22]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 270 and 272 together.
The provision of a fire service in its functional area, including the establishment and maintenance of a fire brigade, the assessment of fire cover needs and the provision of fire station premises, is a statutory function of fire authorities under the Fire Services Act, 1981. My Department supports fire authorities through setting general policy, providing a central training programme, issuing guidance on operational and other fire safety related matters and providing capital funding support for purchase of equipment and priority infrastructural projects.
My Department collects statistics from local authorities, on an annual basis, regarding fire service attendance at incidents and the types of incident involved. The information requested from 2012 through 2021 is available at the link below: www.gov.ie/en/collection/f0dd8-fires-attended-by-brigades/.
The data requested is not yet available for 2022.
With regard to the incidence involving persons entering or attempting to enter the water in the river Corrib in Galway city, that level of detail for specific locations is not recorded in the statistics, a total annual figure for the Rescue/ Removal of Persons from Water is available from individual local authorities.
