Details in relation to the number of offences where proceedings commenced under the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act, 1994, for the years 1995 to 1999 are published in the annual reports of the Garda Síochána, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library.
Statistics on the number of offences where proceedings commenced for the year 2000 are currently being compiled for publication in the Garda Síochána's annual report, which will become available in due course.
With regards to the Garda Commissioner's reported remarks, I wish to inform the Deputy that the figure quoted represents the sum of a variety of offences under the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act, 1994, and the Intoxicating Liquor Act, 1988, as amended, from October 2000 to March 2001 and that comparable figures are not available for the same period in previous years.