Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 February 2022
266. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice the number of life-threatening or other serious offences against the person that have been recorded and reported in each of the past three years to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9012/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs 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. The CSO also continues to work with An Garda Síochána to address quality issues in the underlying sources used to compile the statistics.
I can inform the Deputy that the official crime statistics from the CSO for the final quarter of 2021 are due to be released next month and I look forward to reviewing these statistics when they are available.
For the Deputy's information, I have attached a spreadsheet with details of the number of crime incidents of the type which the Deputy has requested for each available quarter for the years 2019 to 2021. As already indicated, statistics for quarter 4 of 2021 are due to be published next month.
Furthermore, the latest available crime statistics , Q3 of 2021, as published by the Central Statistics Office on 21 December 2021 are publicly available at the following link:
www.cso.ie/en/csolatestnews/presspages/2021/recordedcrimequarter32021/
