Terence Flanagan
Ceist:127. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions of human traffickers for the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2016/15]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 15 January 2015
Ceisteanna (127)
Freagraí scríofa
The Anti-Human Trafficking Unit of my Department publishes annual reports setting out information on the criminal justice response to human trafficking in Ireland as well as information on alleged victims of human trafficking encountered by An Garda Síochána and International and Non Governmental Organisations working in the field disaggregated by gender, age, region of origin and type of exploitation. To date, annual reports for 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 have been published and are available from Ireland's dedicated anti-human trafficking website www.blueblindfold.gov.ie and on my Department's website. For the purposes of clarity, the information sought, as outlined in these annual reports, is below. As the report for 2013 is to be published soon the figures for 2013 are preliminary as are the figures for 2014.
The specific information sought by the Deputy is set out in the table beneath.
|
YEAR |
Number of Convictions |
|
2010 |
5 |
|
2011 |
4 |
|
2012 |
6 |
|
2013 |
10* |
|
2014 |
10 |
NOTE:
1. Convictions are in respect of offences under the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008 and in respect of other offences related to human trafficking under other Acts, e.g. Child Trafficking and Pornography Act, 1998, Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act, 1993. In addition, *2 cases in 2013 where offenders were prosecuted and convicted for offences other than human trafficking, though prosecutions were initiated as a result of human trafficking related investigations are included in the figure for that year.
2. Convictions occurring in any calendar year may be the result of prosecutions initiated in previous calendar years.