Rose Conway-Walsh
Question:142. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach the caseload of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for each year since 2006. [23928/23]
View answerTuesday, 23 May 2023
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The table below shows the total number of prosecution files received by the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) from 2006 to 2021.
|
YEAR |
FILES |
|
2006 |
14511 |
|
2007 |
14714 |
|
2008 |
16144 |
|
2009 |
16074 |
|
2010 |
15948 |
|
2011 |
16127 |
|
2012 |
15285 |
|
2013 |
13761 |
|
2014 |
14012 |
|
2015 |
14306 |
|
2016 |
13169 |
|
2017 |
13667 |
|
2018 |
14849 |
|
2019 |
15580 |
|
2020 |
17107 |
|
2021 |
18256 |
It should be noted that the numbers of prosecution files include different types of files including Direction files, District Court Appeals, High Court Bail Applications and District Court Representation files. I am informed also that the files received by the ODPP in more recent years involve more complicated and specialised prosecutions, frequent international co-operation and the management and review of significant volumes of data from digital devices. There are also increased demands arising from the enhanced legal rights of victims for information as provided for in the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017.
The figures for prosecution files does not include work undertaken by the ODPP in relation to other matters not directly related to criminal prosecution files such as requests for legal advice from the Garda Síochána, local state solicitors or other agencies, policy related matters or queries of a general nature.