Departmental Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 April 2024

Tuesday, 23 April 2024

Questions (447)

Pa Daly

Question:

447. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice for a tabular breakdown of the number of cases involving knives and prosecuted under section 9(1) of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1990 Act, which have been referred to the DPP and prosecuted for the years 2009-2024 inclusive. [17738/24]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Justice

As the Deputy will be aware, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is fully independent in her functions under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1974 (as amended). The Office of the DPP is not an agency or body under my remit as Minister for Justice and, as I have no role in the operations, functions, oversight or governance of the Office of the Director, I am unable to provide any statistics related to the work of the DPP. 

For the Deputy's information, the Office of the DPP falls under the Vote of the Department of the Taoiseach.