Peadar Tóibín
Ceist:
125. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 119 of 16 May 2017 and 505 of 16 January 2018, the number of persons arrested for drink driving by An Garda Síochána by age, gender, county and Garda district in each of the years 2007 to 2017. [20587/18]
Amharc ar fhreagra
I have requested a report from An Garda Síochána in relation to the statistics sought by the Deputy and I will be in contact with the Deputy directly on receipt of this report.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 42A
I refer to Parliamentary Question 119 of 16 May 2017, in which you asked for the number of persons convicted and arrested for speeding by age, gender, county and Garda district for each year from 2007. I refer also to Parliamentary Questions 505 of 16 January 2018 and 125 of 10 May 2018, in which you sought an update on same.
As you will recall, having provided data from the Courts Service in relation to the first part of your query (the number of persons convicted), I undertook to have further enquiries made in relation to the latter part (the number of persons arrested), and officials in my Department contacted An Garda Síochána in this regard. A copy of the data provided by An Garda Síochána is in the table. As can been seen, divisional boundaries have realigned over the course of the period under review. I am informed by the Garda authorities that, in respect of historical data, detections are recorded on PULSE as per Divisional boundaries in existence in the time of detection, and that to amalgamate these figures into the current divisional boundaries would require a manual trawl through each incident on PULSE.
Furthermore, I am informed by An Garda Síochána that information in terms of the age and gender of the persons arrested/prosecuted for drink driving offences is not readily available and that the collation of such data would require the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of Garda time.
It will be noted from the attached table that there is one arrest that has not been associated with a Garda Division and is recorded as ‘Unknown’.
With respect to this record, I am advised by the Garda authorities that this is due to a data field being left blank at the time that the incident was created on PULSE. It has not been possible to identify the location of this arrest at this time as the data extract from PULSE utilised to create the statistics provided did not contain sufficient information to identify individual records. To identify the location of these arrests would require a full data extract from PULSE for the year in question and a manual trawl of records which is not feasible at this time. I am advised that this issue is being reviewed by Garda IT and will be addressed.
I am assured that the omission of the data field in question would not affect the processing of the incident.
I hope these statistics will be of assistance.
Breakdown, by Garda Division, of the number of persons arrested for driving while intoxicated 2007 – 2018 (as of the 01/05/2018).
Divisions
|
2007
|
2008
|
2009
|
2010
|
2011
|
2012
|
Unknown*
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Carlow/Kildare
|
270
|
204
|
49
|
|
|
|
Cavan/Monaghan
|
1079
|
939
|
710
|
562
|
508
|
457
|
Clare
|
527
|
441
|
343
|
328
|
258
|
203
|
Cork City
|
974
|
904
|
646
|
601
|
592
|
511
|
Cork North
|
640
|
594
|
529
|
459
|
380
|
328
|
Cork West
|
433
|
464
|
349
|
339
|
258
|
271
|
D.M.R. Eastern
|
415
|
353
|
354
|
338
|
283
|
255
|
D.M.R. North Central
|
492
|
560
|
427
|
332
|
264
|
259
|
D.M.R. Northern
|
1191
|
1216
|
1118
|
836
|
694
|
556
|
D.M.R. South Central
|
739
|
623
|
490
|
374
|
345
|
296
|
D.M.R. Southern
|
909
|
783
|
668
|
548
|
466
|
402
|
D.M.R. Western
|
1519
|
1392
|
1103
|
910
|
721
|
601
|
Donegal
|
951
|
732
|
626
|
516
|
406
|
408
|
Galway Div
|
917
|
828
|
811
|
754
|
567
|
471
|
Galway West
|
27
|
28
|
|
|
|
|
Kerry
|
544
|
557
|
438
|
453
|
377
|
343
|
Kildare Div
|
516
|
497
|
494
|
400
|
348
|
334
|
Kilkenny/Carlow
|
565
|
472
|
522
|
434
|
380
|
412
|
Laois/Offaly
|
628
|
536
|
355
|
347
|
293
|
265
|
Limerick
|
847
|
853
|
662
|
544
|
473
|
390
|
Longford/Westmeath
|
78
|
62
|
|
|
|
|
Louth Div
|
601
|
609
|
610
|
415
|
305
|
228
|
Louth/Meath
|
91
|
61
|
|
|
|
|
Mayo
|
451
|
461
|
388
|
302
|
255
|
232
|
Meath Div
|
615
|
588
|
551
|
437
|
371
|
283
|
Roscommon/Galway (East)
|
14
|
20
|
|
|
|
|
Roscommon/Longford Div
|
363
|
319
|
263
|
249
|
216
|
196
|
Sligo/Leitrim
|
456
|
363
|
358
|
262
|
234
|
175
|
Tipperary
|
750
|
691
|
565
|
504
|
407
|
317
|
Waterford Div
|
496
|
436
|
379
|
351
|
287
|
325
|
Waterford/Kilkenny
|
20
|
33
|
11
|
|
|
|
Westmeath Div
|
466
|
401
|
370
|
285
|
242
|
252
|
Wexford Div
|
615
|
557
|
471
|
383
|
372
|
379
|
Wexford/Wicklow
|
62
|
19
|
|
|
|
|
Wicklow Div
|
565
|
461
|
454
|
337
|
275
|
214
|
table cont.
Divisions
|
2013
|
2014
|
2015
|
2016
|
2017
|
2018YTD(1/1 - 30/4)
|
Unknown*
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Carlow/Kildare
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cavan/Monaghan
|
365
|
360
|
332
|
409
|
449
|
124
|
Clare
|
187
|
209
|
195
|
226
|
229
|
71
|
Cork City
|
410
|
404
|
361
|
366
|
402
|
114
|
Cork North
|
311
|
326
|
311
|
332
|
352
|
114
|
Cork West
|
269
|
205
|
228
|
239
|
255
|
76
|
D.M.R. Eastern
|
160
|
164
|
141
|
115
|
170
|
49
|
D.M.R. North Central
|
199
|
176
|
171
|
225
|
200
|
71
|
D.M.R. Northern
|
487
|
425
|
384
|
406
|
386
|
117
|
D.M.R. South Central
|
214
|
165
|
195
|
178
|
179
|
55
|
D.M.R. Southern
|
319
|
331
|
250
|
277
|
252
|
89
|
D.M.R. Western
|
408
|
418
|
403
|
402
|
445
|
137
|
Donegal
|
353
|
329
|
356
|
390
|
442
|
108
|
Galway Div
|
499
|
469
|
552
|
555
|
562
|
165
|
Galway West
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kerry
|
320
|
313
|
328
|
318
|
355
|
114
|
Kildare Div
|
336
|
293
|
281
|
341
|
439
|
155
|
Kilkenny/Carlow
|
308
|
279
|
263
|
282
|
286
|
83
|
Laois/Offaly
|
196
|
218
|
210
|
248
|
354
|
95
|
Limerick
|
297
|
326
|
352
|
383
|
391
|
99
|
Longford/Westmeath
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Louth Div
|
173
|
189
|
166
|
212
|
201
|
72
|
Louth/Meath
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mayo
|
181
|
201
|
194
|
225
|
304
|
88
|
Meath Div
|
278
|
243
|
237
|
291
|
337
|
106
|
Roscommon/Galway (East)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Roscommon/Longford Div
|
174
|
177
|
159
|
173
|
233
|
67
|
Sligo/Leitrim
|
130
|
162
|
147
|
155
|
191
|
46
|
Tipperary
|
330
|
362
|
330
|
314
|
477
|
151
|
Waterford Div
|
253
|
248
|
225
|
269
|
268
|
67
|
Waterford/Kilkenny
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Westmeath Div
|
182
|
195
|
197
|
248
|
249
|
54
|
Wexford Div
|
271
|
238
|
255
|
287
|
337
|
87
|
Wexford/Wicklow
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wicklow Div
|
197
|
169
|
194
|
201
|
176
|
49
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|