Willie O'Dea
Ceist:169 Mr. O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda Síochána that have been convicted of criminal conduct and common assault who were allowed to continue to serve on the force since 1980. [2285/96]
Written Answers - Convicted Gardaí in Force.
The following table sets out the number of gardaí who have been convicted of criminal conduct and assault who were allowed to continue to serve on the force, for the last five years:
|
Year |
Criminal Conduct |
Common Assault |
|
1991 |
0 |
2 |
|
1992 |
0 |
0 |
|
1993 |
0 |
0 |
|
1994 |
0 |
0 |
|
1995 |
0 |
1 |
I am informed by the Garda authorities that the data before 1990 is not on computer and that any manual search to provide the information sought would require a disproportionate deployment of resources.