Carol Nolan
Question:
254. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of unsolved homicides in Ireland from 1995 to date; to give a breakdown, by gender, of the victims for each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2245/24]
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I have requested the information sought by the Deputy from the Garda authorities. Unfortunately, the information was not received in time. I will contact the Deputy directly once the information is to hand.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51
I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 254 of 18 January 2024 where you sought: “To ask the Minister for Justice the number of unsolved homicides in Ireland from 1995 to date; to give a breakdown, by gender, of the victims for each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter.”
As you will recall, I sought the information you requested from the Garda authorities and undertook to contact you again once the information was to hand.
As you will appreciate the manner in which all Garda investigations are conducted, including unsolved murders, and how resources are deployed are matters for the Garda Commissioner and his management team. As Minister, I have no role in this regard.
The Garda authorities advise that the work of the Homicide Investigation Review Team (HIRT) remains on-going. I am further advised that the information requested is not readily available and would require a disproportionate amount of Garda time and resources to compile. I also understand that there is no gender analysis available for undetected homicides specifically.
As you may be are aware the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency is responsible for the compilation and publication of all crime statistics and produces statistics using data recorded on An Garda Síochána’s PULSE system.
As you may also be aware, 2016 – 2022 statistics regarding victims of Homicide (and other offences, including the sex of the victim) are available from the CSO here: https://data.cso.ie/table/CVA03
The Domestic, Sexual and Gender Based Violence report published in September 2022 also provides similar and further data, see page 16 onwards (page 17 provides a gender breakdown), available here:
www.garda.ie/en/about-us/our-departments/office-of-corporate-communications/news-media/an-garda-siochana-domestic-sexual-and-gender-based-violence-report-sept-22.pdf
I trust this information is of assistance.
