Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 30 March 2023
274. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice if, further to Parliamentary Question No. 1122 of 18 January 2023, the new incident types and related offences under the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 were configured and deployed to PULSE on 7 February 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15846/23]
View answerAs the Deputy will be aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána. As Minister for Justice, I have no role in such matters.
However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have made enquires and am advised by the Garda authorities that the PULSE Codetable Release 1 of 2023 was deployed on Tuesday, 7 February 2023 as scheduled and the necessary changes for the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020 have now been implemented and are available for use.
