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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 2 Nov 1999

Vol. 509 No. 6

Written Answers. - Fire Acts.

Richard Bruton

Ceist:

449 Mr. R. Bruton asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that, following the decision of the Supreme Court that the prosecution of indictable offences under the Fire Acts could only be undertaken by the DPP, Dublin Corporation has sent at least six files to the DPP for prosecution on the recommendation of his Department and more cases have been prosecuted; the number of cases referred by other councils; the number prosecuted; and if he will make a statement on the matter [21749/99]

Local authorities provide statistics to my Department in relation to the enforcement of the Fire Services Act, 1981, including the number of recommendations to the Director of Public Prosecutions for prosecution of indictable offences, the number of convictions and the number of decisions by the Director of Public Prosecutions not to prosecute.

The latest year for which these statistics are available at present is 1997 and the relevant data is included in the table which follows. My Department does not have statistics on the number of prosecutions undertaken by the Director of Public Prosecutions.

Offences - Indictable

Fire Authority

Total Recommendations for prosecutions by fire authorities to DPP during 1997

Prosecution on IndictmentNumber of Convictions

Number of Decisions by DPP not to Prosecute

Athlone UDC

0

0

0

Carlow County Council

0

0

0

Cavan County Council

0

0

0

Clare County Council

1

0

1

Cork Corporation

0

0

0

Cork County Council

0

0

0

Donegal County Council

0

0

0

Drogheda Corporation

0

0

0

Dublin Corporation

5

0

0

Dundalk UDC

0

0

0

Galway County Council

0

0

0

Kerry County Council

0

0

0

Kildare County Council

1

0

0

Kilkenny County Council

0

0

0

Laois County Council

0

0

0

Leitrim County Council

0

0

0

Limerick Corporation

0

0

0

Limerick County Council

0

0

0

Longford County Council

0

0

0

Louth County Council

0

0

0

Mayo County Council

0

0

0

Meath County Council

0

0

0

Monaghan County Council

0

0

0

Offaly County Council

0

0

0

Roscommon County Council

0

0

0

Sligo County Council

0

0

0

Tipperary (NR) County Council

0

0

0

Tipperary (SR) County Council

0

0

0

Waterford Corporation

0

0

0

Waterford County Council

0

0

0

Westmeath County Council

0

0

0

Wexford County Council

0

0

0

Wicklow County Council

0

0

0

Totals

7

0

1

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