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Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 8 March 2023

Wednesday, 8 March 2023

Questions (191)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

191. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of threats to kill incidents reported to Garda within the division in 2020 to 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [11706/23]

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As 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 produces these statistics using data recorded on An Garda Síochána’s PULSE system.

In relation to the number of threat to kill incidents reported to Gardaí, I am informed that figures in respect of this incident type are categorised as ‘threat to kill or cause serious harm’ and a specific incident type cannot be easily distinguished to provide separate data.

To be of assistance, the below table provides figures for the incident type ‘threat to kill or cause serious harm’ for the period up to Q3 2022. Figures in respect of the final quarter of 2022 are due to be released later this month and I look forward to reviewing these once available. This information can be accessed at the following CSO website link: data.cso.ie/table/CJQ06.

Year

Quarter

Number

2022

Q3

470

2022

Q2

416

2022

Q1

463

2022 (Q1-Q3) total

1,349

2021

Q4

434

2021

Q3

424

2021

Q2

432

2021

Q1

376

2021 total

1,666

2020

Q4

379

2020

Q3

440

2020

Q2

383

2020

Q1

331

2020 total

1,533

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