Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 May 2022
596. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of alleged crimes involving robbery from the person that have been reported to gardaí in the K district in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; and the number of persons who were successfully prosecuted for these offences in the period. [24401/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible by law for the management of An Garda Síochána, including personnel matters and deployment of resources. As Minister, I have no responsibility for these matters.
I have been informed by Garda authorities that a search of the PULSE database was conducted on 13 May 2022 for incidents of the type “Robbery from the Person”, which were reported in the ‘K’ District during the period 01/01/2021 – 12/05/2022. A further search was then conducted for Charges/Summons associated with these incidents.
Based on numbers returned, the following table shows the count of incidents and Charges/Summons by year. For confidentiality purposes, data is not provided for counts less than 10 per year.
|
Year |
2021 |
2022 |
|
Count of Incidents |
62 |
17 |
|
Count of Charges/Summons |
<10 |
<10 |
