Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 22 January 2025
939. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice in each of the previous eight years from 2024, the number of charges of alleged rape that have been prosecuted by the Director of Public Prosecutions; and if this will be calculated as a percentage of the number of alleged sexual assaults or rapes reported to Gardaí, in each of the previous eight years, in tabular form. [46454/24]
View answer940. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice in each of the previous eight years from 2024, the number of charges of alleged rape that have been prosecuted by the Director of Public Prosecutions; and if this will be calculated as a percentage of the number of alleged sexual assaults or rape reported to Gardaí and where a crime was subsequently detected, in each of the previous eight years, in tabular form. [46455/24]
View answer941. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice in each of the previous eight years from 2024, the number of complaints of alleged sexual assault that have not been prosecuted by the Director of Public Prosecutions in court as a percentage of the total number of alleged sexual assaults reported to Gardaí where a crime was detected, in tabular form. [46456/24]
View answer942. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice in each of the previous eight years from 2024, the number of complaints of alleged sexual assault that have been prosecuted by the Director of Public Prosecutions as a percentage of the total number of alleged sexual assaults reported to Gardaí where a crime was detected, in tabular form. [46457/24]
View answer943. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice in each of the previous eight years from 2024, the number of cases of alleged rape which were prosecuted by the Director of Public Prosecutions that did not progress to trial after a suspect was charged, in tabular form. [46458/24]
View answer944. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice in each of the previous eight years from 2024, the number of occasions where a crime was detected by the Gardaí in cases of alleged sexual assault or rape, but the DPP did not proceed with prosecution; and, the percentage of those that were due to insufficient evidence, in tabular form. [46459/24]
View answer945. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice based off the previous 10 years from 2024, the average time that elapses between the reporting of an alleged sexual assault to Gardaí and the beginning of a trial where the Director of Public Prosecutions proceeds with prosecution. [46460/24]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 939 to 945, inclusive.
As the Deputy will be aware, prosecutions are a matter for the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP).
The DPP is wholly independent in her functions under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1974 (as amended) and, as Minister, I have no role in the operations, governance or oversight of the Office, which is funded through the Vote of the Department of the Taoiseach.
As a result, I am unable to provide any statistical information related to the work of the DPP.
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 and makes regular releases in relation to various crime statistics. The most recent statistics were released on 26 September 2024, providing stats for Recorded Crime for Quarter 2 (Q2) 2024. Crime statistics for Q3 of 2024 are not yet available but will be published by the CSO in due course.
Figures in respect of criminal offences reported to Gardaí can be found on the CSO website at the following link: data.cso.ie/table/CJQ06.
