The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose.
I have requested the CSO to provide the relevant recorded crime statistics directly to the Deputy.
Insofar as sentences are concerned, tables, provided by the Courts Service, show the outcomes of prosecutions for all sexual offences in the District Court, Circuit Criminal Court and the Central Criminal Court for the years 2006 to 2010.
Outcomes of prosecutions for sexual offences in the District Court for the years 2006 to 2010
|
Year
|
Cases
|
Imprisonment/ Detention
|
Fines
|
Community Service/ Probation
|
Struck Out
|
Dismiss
|
Taken into Consideration
|
Peace Bond
|
Other*
|
|
2006
|
415
|
68
|
71
|
68
|
112
|
18
|
59
|
8
|
11
|
|
2007
|
517
|
61
|
67
|
73
|
169
|
27
|
95
|
8
|
17
|
|
2008
|
2017
|
108
|
36
|
93
|
140
|
15
|
73
|
21
|
1,531
|
|
2009
|
1352
|
66
|
55
|
60
|
92
|
8
|
39
|
33
|
999
|
|
2010
|
1815
|
76
|
82
|
62
|
141
|
16
|
36
|
18
|
1,384
|
*Includes cases that were sent forward for trial to a higher court. Statistics are for individual cases, there may be more than 1 case per defendant.
Outcomes of prosecutions for sexual offences in the Circuit Criminal Court for the years 2006 to 2010
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
|
Number of Defendants
|
164
|
128
|
134
|
127
|
106
|
|
Guilty Pleas
|
84
|
79
|
85
|
83
|
68
|
|
Convicted
|
14
|
17
|
12
|
11
|
9
|
|
Acquitted
|
42
|
23
|
23
|
20
|
15
|
|
Nolle Prosequi
|
24
|
9
|
14
|
13
|
14
|
|
Sentences
|
|
Community Service
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
|
Suspended
|
42
|
24
|
22
|
29
|
35
|
|
Fine
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
|
up to 2 year imprisonment
|
19
|
22
|
29
|
16
|
21
|
|
2 to 5 years imprisonment
|
32
|
41
|
27
|
32
|
19
|
|
5 to 10 years imprisonment
|
6
|
16
|
21
|
6
|
9
|
|
over 10 years imprisonment
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
|
Other
|
24
|
8
|
12
|
18
|
10
|
Outcomes of Prosecutions for Sexual Offences in the Central Criminal Court for the years 2006 to 2010
|
2010
|
2009
|
2008
|
2007
|
2006
|
|
Number of Defendants
|
69
|
52
|
72
|
76
|
61
|
|
Convicted — Rape
|
5
|
12
|
27
|
9
|
27
|
|
Convicted — Rape / Other sexual
|
32
|
11
|
9
|
27
|
0
|
|
Convicted — Other Sexual
|
8
|
6
|
6
|
12
|
14
|
|
Acquitted
|
16
|
12
|
15
|
13
|
8
|
|
Other
|
8
|
11
|
15
|
15
|
12
|
|
Sentences
|
|
Life
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
|
Over 12 years
|
14
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
3
|
|
5 to 12 years
|
13
|
13
|
24
|
34
|
24
|
|
Up to 5 years
|
10
|
8
|
12
|
7
|
9
|
|
Other including suspended
|
6
|
23
|
2
|
6
|
4
|
