An Garda Síochána

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 October 2021

Tuesday, 5 October 2021

Ceisteanna (531)

Neale Richmond

Ceist:

531. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Justice the number of public order offences that were handed out in each of the years 2015 to 2020 and to date in 2021, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48123/21]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Justice

I am informed by the Garda authorities that Gardaí deploy a wide range of operational measures aimed at tackling public-order offences and anti-social behaviour in all contexts. The legal framework which assists the Gardaí in tackling this type of crime includes provisions under the Criminal Damage Act 1991; the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 1994; the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act 2003; and the Intoxicating Liquor Acts 2003 and 2008.

As the Deputy will be aware, the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, is responsible for the compilation and publication of all crime statistics. The CSO produces these statistics using data recorded on An Garda Síochána’s PULSE system and makes regular releases under reservation in relation to various crime statistics, including recorded and detected crime, and listing them by Garda Division. The CSO also continues to work with An Garda Síochána to address quality issues in the underlying data sources used to compile the statistics.

For the Deputy's information, the number of public order offences recorded across the State from 2015 up to Q2 of 2021 are available at cso.ie/en/statistics/crimeandjustice/

For the Deputy's information, the following table provides a breakdown of public order offences recorded by Garda Region from 2015 to end of Quarter 2 of 2021.

Public Order Offences	Dublin Metropolitan Region	North Western Region	Eastern Region	Southern Region
2015Q1	2677	1476	1390	2062
2015Q2	3128	1514	1535	2291
2015Q3	2946	1742	1571	2376
2015Q4	3037	1736	1527	2258
2015 Total	11788	6468	6023	8987
2016Q1	2266	1655	1388	1841
2016Q2	2092	1557	1356	1991
2016Q3	2321	1755	1406	2079
2016Q4	2409	1665	1470	1959
2016 Total	9088	6632	5620	7870
2017Q1	2401	1438	1318	1846
2017Q2	2660	1688	1476	2130
2017Q3	2781	1750	1604	2143
2017Q4	2681	1723	1559	1984
2017 Total	10523	6599	5957	8103
2018Q1	2342	1481	1199	1885
2018Q2	2714	1773	1490	2231
2018Q3	2553	1876	1653	2374
2018Q4	2809	1809	1627	2149
2018 Total	10418	6939	5969	8639
2019Q1	2598	1580	1485	1801
2019Q2	2779	1799	1626	2139
2019Q3	2878	1974	1638	2176
2019Q4	2677	1909	1482	1855
2019 Total	10932	7262	6231	7971
2020Q1	2520	1403	1273	1602
2020Q2	3052	1389	1348	1700
2020Q3	3175	1552	1471	1988
2020Q4	2741	1202	1100	1520
2020 Total	11488	5546	5192	6810
2021Q1	2479	1135	931	1406
2021Q2	2654	1367	1329	1780
2021 Total to date	5133	2502	2260	3186