An Garda Síochána

Thursday, 14 July 2022

Ceisteanna (669)

Catherine Murphy

Ceist:

669. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of licensing inspections of pubs and clubs that were carried out by gardaí in each District within the Dublin region in the years of 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [39258/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Justice

I have requested the information sought by the Deputy, which regrettably was not available in the timeframe available. I will write to the Deputy when this information is to hand.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51.

I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 669 of 14 July 2022 where you sought: “To ask the Minister for Justice the number of licensing inspections of pubs and clubs that were carried out by Garda in each District within the Dublin region in the years of 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form.”

As you will recall, Minister McEntee sought the information you requested and undertook to contact you again once the information was to hand. As I have since taken office I am responding to your question.

As you will be aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the general management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including liquor licensing inspections. As Minister, I have no role in these matters.

I am informed by An Garda Síochána that the tables below show the number of incidents on the PULSE system under the incident type 'Liquor Licensing Inspection of Premises No Offence Disclosed' reported in the Dublin Garda region during 2021 and 2022 (full year) and up to 26 January 2023. Incident counts are based on reported data and were collated based on operational PULSE data as of 27 January 2023.

'Liquor Licensing Inspection of Premises No Offence Disclosed' refers to the inspection by Gardaí of licensed premises under the Intoxicating Liquor Act and where no offence is discovered or detected at the inspection. If an offence is disclosed during an inspection, it is recorded as an offence of the relevant type. As such, there is no data available on the number of inspections where an offence is disclosed and it is not possible to provide the percentage of premises that were in breach of the legislation.

You may be aware that Operation Navigation was commenced in July 2020 and continued into 2021 to support public health measures related to licensed premises during the Covid-19 pandemic. Given some specific offences related to licensed premises were in effect for different periods of time during the pandemic this means this will have affected the figures for 2021. As such, the figures for 2021 are not directly comparable to 2022.

Table 1: Liquor Licensing Inspection of Premises (No Offence Disclosed) carried out in 2021

District	Inspections
District	Inspections
Balbriggan	108
Ballymun	303
Blackrock	266
Blanchardstown	155
Bridewell	*
Clondalkin	206
Coolock	136
Crumlin	535
Donnybrook	134
Dun Laoghaire	268
Fitzgibbon Street	213
Kevin Street	20
Lucan	36
Pearse Street	151
Raheny	107
Store Street	231
Tallaght	171
Terenure	15

* Fewer than 10

Table 2: Liquor Licensing Inspection of Premises (No Offence Disclosed) carried out in 2022

District	Inspections
District	Inspections
Balbriggan	59
Ballymun	141
Blackrock	54
Blanchardstown	54
Bridewell	50
Clondalkin	78
Coolock	*
Crumlin	215
Donnybrook	47
Dun Laoghaire	13
Fitzgibbon Street	39
Kevin Street	106
Lucan	*
Pearse Street	624
Raheny	79
Store Street	132
Tallaght	59
Terenure	234

* Fewer than 10

Table 3: Liquor Licensing Inspection of Premises (No Offence Disclosed) carried out in 2023 (01/01/2023 – 26/01/2023)

District	Inspections
District	Inspections
Balbriggan	*
Ballymun	12
Blackrock	*
Blanchardstown	-
Bridewell	*
Clondalkin	*
Coolock	-
Crumlin	30
Donnybrook	*
Dun Laoghaire	-
Fitzgibbon Street	*
Kevin Street	*
Lucan	-
Pearse Street	10
Raheny	*
Store Street	10
Tallaght	*
Terenure	29

* Fewer than 10

I hope that this information is of assistance.