I propose to take Questions Nos. 150 to 160, inclusive, together.
While no court proceedings utilising sections 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 12 of the Act have yet arisen, the provisions in question have been utilised where appropriate by the gardaí during the investigation of offences. Many of the investigations at issue are, of their nature, ongoing.
The number of occasions on which a period of detention was extended under section 10 was 29. Each such detention would be in respect of one person. No persons in respect of whom extension orders were made have yet been charged and convicted of an offence, but a number of files have been submitted to the law officers for directions. No persons were re-arrested under section 11 of the Act. No orders have yet been made utilising section 17 of the Act, although it is possible that the section will be invoked in relation to cases before the courts at present.