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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 22 March 2016

Tuesday, 22 March 2016

Ceisteanna (242, 243)

Thomas P. Broughan

Ceist:

242. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 15 December 2015 regarding the replies to earlier parliamentary questions of July and November 2015, if that information is now available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4925/16]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Thomas P. Broughan

Ceist:

243. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 15 December 2015 regarding the replies to earlier parliamentary questions of July and November 2015, if that information is now available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4926/16]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

The Deputy will be aware that under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service and I have no role in the matter. Section 4(3) of the 1998 Act provides that the Courts Service is independent in the performance of its functions, which includes the provision of information on the courts system. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have made enquiries with the Courts Service.

Parliamentary Question No. 272 of 15 December 2015 asked how many of the 20,830 drink driving cases in the District Courts from January 2013 to March 2015 were adjourned, struck out, withdrawn and continuing. Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 15 December 2015 asked whether the figure of 20,830 drink driving cases in the District Courts from January 2013 to March 2015 with 8,391 convictions would be revised and back dated once all outstanding cases were completed. Both questions relate to figures provided by way of response to Parliamentary Question No. 511 of 14 July 2015.

Based on the most recent report prepared, the figures provided to the Deputy in response to Parliamentary Question No. 511 for answer on 14 July 2015 have been revised to take account of changes in the status of 149 persons as recorded on the Courts Service information system since the original report was prepared e.g. duplicate identities on the original report which have since been resolved. The revised figures for the number of persons listed before the court for drink driving cases for the years 2013, 2014 and January to May 2015 are set out in the following table:

Year

Material previously provided on number of persons listed before the Court

Revised number of persons listed before the Court

Jan – Dec 2013

8,402

8,391

Jan – Dec 2014

7,758

7,719

Jan – May 2015

4,670

4,571

Total

20,830

20,681

The following report A provides a summary of the outcomes for the persons who had drink driving cases listed for hearing in 2013, 2014 and January – May 2015. Further detail is included in Report B.

Of the 20,681 persons with cases listed before the Court, a total of 13,485 had their cases disposed of before 31 May 2015. A total of 7,196 had their cases adjourned beyond 31 May 2015. The vast majority of these adjournments relate to persons who had their cases first listed for hearing in the period 1 January 2015 – 31 May 2015.

I should inform the Deputy that it is not possible to calculate the conviction rate for drink driving offences from the data provided in these reports.

As previously indicated by the Courts Service the conviction rates (based on cases which proceed) for drink driving offences are 88% (2013), 85% (2014) and 87% (January - July 2015). It should be noted that the data provided in the reports below for the number of persons not convicted include where summonses were not served, were struck out or where the case was withdrawn and in these cases no determination of guilt or innocence arises.

Report A

Report on the breakdown of drink driving listed between January 2013 – 31 May 2015

Report B

Year

No. of persons listed - revised figure

No. of persons convicted

No. of persons not convicted

No. of adjournments

Other

Adjourned to another court area

Jan – Dec 2013

8,391

3,814

2,224

1,909

9

435

Jan – Dec 2014

7,719

3,200

2,002

2,018

10

489

Jan – May 2015

4,571

1,329

897

2,112

0

233

Total

20,681

8,343

5,123

6,039

19

1,157

Drink Driving Results per Court Area

Jan – Dec 2013

Court Area

No. of persons listed

No. of persons convicted

No. of persons not convicted

No. adjourned

Other

Adjourned to another court area

ABBEYFEALE

2

1

1

0

0

0

ACAILL

6

5

0

0

0

1

ARDEE

19

7

3

6

0

3

ARKLOW

39

22

6

8

0

3

ATHLONE

60

40

11

5

0

4

ATHY

32

17

6

7

0

2

BALLINA

32

10

9

13

0

0

BALTINGLASS

9

2

3

3

0

1

BANDON

47

30

6

6

0

5

BALLYCONNELL

1

0

0

0

0

1

BALLYCONNELL and SWANLINBAR

9

4

1

0

0

4

BEAL AN MHUIRTHEAD

16

10

4

2

0

0

BIRR

18

11

5

2

0

0

BALLINASLOE

40

17

10

13

0

0

BALLAGHADERREEN

8

4

4

0

0

0

BALLYHAUNIS

8

0

4

4

0

0

BALLYSHANNON

25

10

9

3

0

3

BANTRY

22

15

2

5

0

0

BRAY

92

42

22

21

0

7

BUNCRANA

49

10

12

24

0

3

CAHIRCIVEEN

15

4

1

10

0

0

CARLOW

124

68

16

34

1

5

CASHEL

41

19

11

9

0

2

CAVAN

121

60

32

26

0

3

CASTLEBAR

105

36

36

28

0

5

CLIFDEN

15

9

3

2

0

1

CLONMEL

64

30

15

11

0

8

CLONES

19

11

3

4

0

1

CLONAKILTY

34

21

4

3

1

5

CORK CITY

519

311

104

83

0

21

CARRICK ON SHANNON

52

21

16

12

0

3

CARRICKMACROSS

83

43

16

20

0

4

CARNDONAGH

31

9

8

12

0

2

CARRICK ON SUIR

33

11

5

11

0

6

CASTLEREA

30

3

5

3

0

19

AN DAINGEAN

20

10

5

4

0

1

DUBLIN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

2,048

819

728

444

6

51

DUNGARVAN

39

17

11

6

0

5

DONEGAL

37

14

9

9

0

5

DROGHEDA

151

46

34

61

0

10

DOIRE AN FHEICH

16

8

2

5

0

1

DUNDALK

173

64

46

52

0

11

AN CLOCHAN LIATH

20

11

6

1

0

2

EDENDERRY

16

10

4

1

0

1

ENNIS

144

71

40

27

0

6

AN FAL CARRACH

24

8

8

8

0

0

FERMOY

57

30

14

11

0

2

GALWAY

225

98

68

54

0

5

NA GLEANNTA

9

3

4

2

0

0

GORT

32

11

10

10

0

1

GOREY

156

69

26

51

0

10

KELLS

57

25

16

9

0

7

KENMARE

15

4

3

7

0

1

KILLALOE

24

9

8

6

0

1

CILL RONAIN

1

0

0

0

0

1

KINSALE

20

14

2

3

0

1

KILCOCK

61

21

12

15

0

13

KILKENNY

114

52

25

31

0

6

KILLORGLIN

21

7

2

9

0

3

KILRUSH

13

7

3

3

0

0

KILLARNEY

97

35

20

39

0

3

LETTERKENNY

194

77

42

70

0

5

LIMERICK

332

159

81

73

0

19

LISMORE

14

6

6

1

0

1

LISTOWEL

61

20

22

18

0

1

LONGFORD

88

52

21

11

0

4

LOUGHREA

41

20

10

9

0

2

MACROOM

40

26

6

3

0

5

MALLOW

113

51

28

26

0

8

MANORHAMILTON

12

7

2

2

0

1

MIDLETON

109

57

25

17

0

10

MONAGHAN

77

40

18

15

0

4

MULLINGAR

118

80

18

15

0

5

NAAS

186

94

52

34

0

6

NENAGH

78

31

25

18

0

4

NEWCASTLE WEST

64

17

24

19

0

4

NAVAN

180

72

52

43

0

13

PORTLAOISE

103

64

21

17

0

1

ROSCOMMON

45

29

5

10

0

1

SKIBBEREEN

8

6

1

1

0

0

SLIGO

91

42

16

23

0

10

AN SPIDEAL

4

1

1

0

0

2

STROKESTOWN

10

3

1

5

0

1

SWINFORD

9

7

2

0

0

0

THURLES

77

31

18

23

0

5

TIPPERARY

52

24

14

9

0

5

TRALEE

138

59

29

43

0

7

TRIM

52

22

16

9

0

5

TUAM

67

36

13

11

1

6

TUBBERCURRY

11

4

1

4

0

2

TULLAMORE

61

50

5

5

0

1

VIRGINIA

83

42

14

19

0

8

WEXFORD

165

85

38

33

0

9

WICKLOW

46

19

14

12

0

1

WESTPORT

31

13

13

5

0

0

WATERFORD CITY

198

79

65

44

0

10

YOUGHAL

23

13

6

4

0

0

TOTAL

8,391

3,814

2,224

1,909

9

435

Drink Driving Results per Court Area

Jan – Dec 2014

Court Area

No. of persons listed

No. of persons convicted

No. of persons not convicted

No. adjourned

Other

Adjourned to another court area

ABBEYFEALE

2

0

0

0

0

2

ARDEE

19

4

6

4

0

5

ARKLOW

43

19

8

14

0

2

ATHLONE

55

25

16

10

0

4

ATHY

26

15

4

3

0

4

BALLINA

39

16

12

10

0

1

BANDON

46

28

3

9

0

6

BEAL AN MHUIRTHEAD

18

8

5

5

0

0

BALLINASLOE

58

23

11

21

0

3

BALLAGHADERREEN

5

2

0

2

0

1

BALLYSHANNON

27

9

7

8

0

3

BANTRY

25

14

5

3

1

2

BRAY

97

35

28

21

0

13

BUNCRANA

48

12

11

24

0

1

CAHIRCIVEEN

17

2

6

8

0

1

CARLOW

121

47

18

47

0

9

CASHEL

57

37

8

5

0

7

CAVAN

116

42

24

40

0

10

CASTLEBAR

112

36

41

29

0

6

CLIFDEN

17

8

3

3

0

3

CLONMEL

86

42

22

18

0

4

CLONAKILTY

20

10

4

3

0

3

CORK CITY

379

194

80

85

1

19

CARRICK ON SHANNON

54

20

19

13

0

2

CARRICKMACROSS

87

38

19

26

0

4

CARNDONAGH

32

8

11

11

0

2

CARRICK ON SUIR

29

8

12

5

0

4

CASTLEREA

21

3

4

3

0

11

AN DAINGEAN

14

7

3

2

0

2

DUBLIN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

1698

606

607

417

5

63

DUNGARVAN

40

10

16

11

0

3

DONEGAL

35

19

6

9

0

1

DROGHEDA

157

60

38

51

0

8

DOIRE AN FHEICH

35

16

8

8

0

3

DUNDALK

133

46

25

51

0

11

AN CLOCHAN LIATH

14

6

4

4

0

0

ENNIS

156

78

32

40

1

5

AN FAL CARRACH

13

6

4

2

0

1

FERMOY

65

46

9

8

0

2

GALWAY

257

118

71

50

0

18

NA GLEANNTA

9

4

1

2

0

2

GORT

24

8

9

6

0

1

GOREY

132

56

19

44

0

13

KENMARE

14

4

3

6

0

1

KILLALOE

18

8

6

3

0

1

CILL RONAIN

1

1

0

0

0

0

KINSALE

1

0

0

0

0

1

KILCOCK

57

27

12

8

0

10

KILKENNY

113

44

26

41

0

2

KILLORGLIN

22

6

3

10

0

3

KILRUSH

16

5

4

7

0

0

KILLARNEY

103

34

20

43

0

6

LETTERKENNY

188

86

37

58

0

7

LIMERICK

288

100

81

87

0

20

LISMORE

9

1

5

0

0

3

LISTOWEL

64

16

24

19

0

5

LONGFORD

96

62

13

14

1

6

LOUGHREA

56

22

19

13

0

2

MACROOM

38

21

2

10

0

5

MALLOW

129

60

22

35

0

12

MANORHAMILTON

7

3

3

1

0

0

MIDLETON

100

55

16

22

0

7

MONAGHAN

81

33

21

21

0

6

MULLINGAR

121

71

21

23

0

6

NAAS

179

93

31

39

1

15

NENAGH

96

47

15

23

0

11

NEWCASTLE WEST

81

22

30

27

0

2

NAVAN

200

84

57

46

0

13

PORTLAOISE

111

62

17

29

0

3

ROSCOMMON

48

16

15

16

0

1

SKIBBEREEN

11

6

2

2

0

1

SLIGO

75

31

19

12

0

13

STROKESTOWN

9

4

3

1

0

1

THURLES

79

44

17

14

0

4

TIPPERARY

60

27

12

13

0

8

TRALEE

161

45

39

73

0

4

TRIM

47

14

12

13

0

8

TUAM

53

26

11

13

0

3

TUBBERCURRY

20

8

9

3

0

0

TULLAMORE

69

47

10

8

0

4

VIRGINIA

71

29

14

21

0

7

WEXFORD

144

55

38

41

0

10

WICKLOW

44

18

14

8

0

4

WESTPORT

25

9

8

6

0

2

WATERFORD CITY

155

53

45

51

0

6

YOUGHAL

21

10

7

3

0

1

TOTAL

7,719

3,200

2,002

2,018

10

489

Drink Driving Results per Court Area

Jan – May 2015

Court Area

No. of persons

No. of persons convicted

No. of persons not convicted

No. adjourned

Other

Adjourned to another court area

ARDEE

17

3

1

13

0

0

ARKLOW

30

9

8

12

0

1

ATHLONE

29

8

2

17

0

2

ATHY

13

2

0

7

0

4

BALLINA

26

11

3

10

0

2

BANDON

21

11

3

5

0

2

BEAL AN MHUIRTHEAD

13

2

1

7

0

3

BALLINASLOE

30

9

5

13

0

3

BALLAGHADERREEN

3

0

0

3

0

0

BALLYSHANNON

14

5

4

4

0

1

BANTRY

16

9

3

4

0

0

BRAY

50

17

7

20

0

6

BUNCRANA

36

6

6

23

0

1

CAHIRCIVEEN

8

0

1

7

0

0

CARLOW

77

14

12

48

0

3

CASHEL

38

8

10

17

0

3

CAVAN

72

16

10

44

0

2

CASTLEBAR

62

20

10

24

0

8

CLIFDEN

17

6

3

7

0

1

CLONMEL

45

10

10

20

0

5

CLONAKILTY

6

1

0

3

0

2

CORK CITY

262

81

69

102

0

10

CARRICK ON SHANNON

26

7

5

12

0

2

CARRICKMACROSS

57

17

9

28

0

3

CARNDONAGH

25

2

2

19

0

2

CARRICK ON SUIR

16

2

6

8

0

0

CASTLEREA

15

1

0

8

0

6

AN DAINGEAN

12

2

4

4

0

2

DUBLIN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT

921

275

213

411

0

22

DUNGARVAN

38

6

12

18

0

2

DONEGAL

18

6

3

9

0

0

DROGHEDA

77

13

16

41

0

7

DOIRE AN FHEICH

11

6

4

1

0

0

DUNDALK

82

26

6

45

0

5

AN CLOCHAN LIATH

13

0

5

7

0

1

ENNIS

87

28

18

35

0

6

AN FAL CARRACH

5

1

1

3

0

0

FERMOY

35

12

7

11

0

5

GALWAY

158

72

13

68

0

5

NA GLEANNTA

5

1

1

3

0

0

GORT

18

5

5

8

0

0

GOREY

86

18

10

50

0

8

KENMARE

11

2

1

8

0

0

KILLALOE

14

4

3

6

0

1

KILCOCK

22

4

4

10

0

4

KILKENNY

87

16

22

44

0

5

KILLORGLIN

7

1

1

3

0

2

KILRUSH

18

3

3

8

0

4

KILLARNEY

65

8

11

44

0

2

LETTERKENNY

107

29

17

60

0

1

LIMERICK

175

44

38

80

0

13

LISMORE

4

0

0

4

0

0

LISTOWEL

43

8

10

23

0

2

LONGFORD

53

18

11

22

0

2

LOUGHREA

36

7

7

22

0

0

MACROOM

18

10

1

6

0

1

MALLOW

79

26

12

36

0

5

MANORHAMILTON

3

2

0

0

0

1

MIDLETON

68

26

12

29

0

1

MONAGHAN

76

18

35

21

0

2

MULLINGAR

67

36

9

18

0

4

NAAS

111

36

11

56

0

8

NENAGH

60

22

10

25

0

3

NEWCASTLE WEST

48

18

7

22

0

1

NAVAN

116

43

26

42

0

5

PORTLAOISE

64

35

12

16

0

1

ROSCOMMON

29

8

6

13

0

2

SKIBBEREEN

11

5

2

3

0

1

SLIGO

39

11

4

20

0

4

STROKESTOWN

3

0

2

1

0

0

THURLES

49

7

13

27

0

2

TIPPERARY

24

4

7

11

0

2

TRALEE

117

25

21

68

0

3

TRIM

26

10

3

11

0

2

TUAM

31

8

5

18

0

0

TUBBERCURRY

10

0

2

7

0

1

TULLAMORE

31

13

6

10

0

2

VIRGINIA

33

11

6

13

0

3

WEXFORD

79

21

10

44

0

4

WICKLOW

25

7

8

10

0

0

WESTPORT

11

6

2

2

0

1

WATERFORD CITY

104

27

27

47

0

3

YOUGHAL

7

2

2

3

0

0

TOTAL

4,571

1,329

897

2,112

0

233

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