asked the Minister for Justice how many cases of stolen drugs have been reported to the Garda in each of the last five year.
1063.
Written Answers. - Drug Offences.
1061.
asked the Minister for Justice how many prosecutions and how many convictions there have been in each of the last five years for the drug offences of (a) possession and (b) pushing.
With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 1061 and 1063 together.
The number of instances of stolen drugs which were reported to the Garda in the years 1977 to 1981, inclusive, were 196, 184, 205, 266 and 366, respectively.
Statistics in relation to the offences of unlawful possession of drugs and unlawfully supplying drugs are as follows:
Unlawful Possession
|
Year |
No. of offences in which proceedings were taken. |
Charges withdrawn or dismissed |
No. of Convictions |
Charges proved and order made without conviction. |
Adjourned sine die or otherwise disposed of |
No. of persons convicted or against whom charge was held proved or order made without conviction |
|
1977 |
276 |
29 |
97 |
60 |
90 |
150 |
|
1978 |
427 |
28 |
210 |
12 |
177 |
215 |
|
1979 |
502 |
23 |
342 |
43 |
94 |
374 |
|
1980 |
685 |
48 |
432 |
6 |
199 |
436 |
|
1981 |
819 |
47 |
525 |
8 |
239 |
522 |
Unlawfully Supplying
|
Year |
No. of offences in which proceedings were taken |
Charges withdrawn or dismissed |
No. of Convictions |
Charges proved and order made without conviction. |
Adjourned sine die or otherwise disposed of |
No. of persons convicted or against whom charge was held proved or order made without conviction |
|
1977 |
12 |
— |
2 |
2 |
8 |
3 |
|
1978 |
8 |
2 |
3 |
— |
3 |
3 |
|
1979 |
37 |
8 |
13 |
1 |
15 |
14 |
|
1980 |
22 |
5 |
11 |
— |
6 |
11 |
|
1981 |
55 |
9 |
24 |
— |
22 |
24 |
Note: The figures for the years 1977 to 1980 are as published in the Annual Crime Reports of the Commissioner, Garda Síochána. The Report for 1981 will be published shortly: in the meantime the 1981 figures quoted are provisional.