Antisocial Behaviour

Wednesday, 14 December 2022

Questions (228)

Neale Richmond

Question:

228. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Justice the number of anti-social behaviour orders, ASBOs, handed down per county and by age group in each of the years 2015 to 2021 and to date in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62515/22]

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Minister for Justice

As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible under section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended) for the management and administration of Garda business. This includes all operational policing matters and the management of the Garda PULSE system. As Minister I have no role in these independent matters.

To be of assistance I have contacted the Garda authorities and have been provided with the table below, which lists the number of incidents of 'Behaviour Warning' or 'Behaviour Order' nationally.

I have been advised that, due to the low volume of incidents in the majority of Divisions, a breakdown by age group is not possible due to data protection, to prevent possible identification of individuals.

Information is from PULSE as of 12 December 2022 and is operational and subject to change.

Garda Division	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Cavan/Monaghan	18	19	11	*	*	*	13	*
Clare	23	22	*	10	*	54	39	15
Cork City	61	58	27	16	13	34	23	10
Cork North	12	16	17	18	12	*	*	*
Cork West	*	*	*	13	11	15	*	*
DMR East	*	11	11	*	*	*	*	10
DMR North Central	648	305	932	737	434	120	89	135
DMR North	25	13	19	*	34	59	18	*
DMR South Central	27	26	*	*	36	55	130	10
DMR South	22	34	*	*	25	18	10	10
DMR West	108	65	44	36	30	94	88	54
Donegal	19	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Galway	23	22	24	39	16	33	23	11
Kerry	12	16	19	16	11	19	21	13
Kildare	11	12	33	*	*	29	*	*
Kilkenny/Carlow	14	14	25	36	25	31	18	16
Laois/Offaly	12	10	*	14	16	*	21	11
Limerick	144	189	90	335	300	748	455	241
Louth	*	*	*	23	26	18	26	17
Mayo/Roscommon/Longford	19	34	13	34	28	51	66	49
Meath	*	*	*	*	*	11	*	*
Sligo/Leitrim	*	*	12	*	*	21	*	*
Tipperary	*	*	*	*	*	*	12	31
Waterford	*	*	*	10	*	21	*	*
Westmeath	*	*	10	13	*	13	12	*
Wexford	*	*	*	12	*	27	25	20
Wicklow	13	*	15	11	14	27	12	*
National Total	1254	922	1356	1421	1079	1536	1153	708

Figures less than 10 are denoted by * for data protection reasons. These figures (those denoted by * above) are included in the national total for each year.