Emer Higgins
Ceist:
564. Deputy Emer Higgins asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 324 and 325 of 6 October 2022, if she will provide a wider breakdown of the locations from which scrambler bikes referenced were seized in 2021 and to date in 2022. [57964/22]
Amharc ar fhreagra
I have contacted An Garda Síochána for the information requested by the Deputy, regretfully this information was not available in time. I will write to the Deputy once the information is to hand.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51
I refer to Parliamentary Question No. 564 of 22 November 2022 where you asked:
‘further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 324 and 325 of 6 October 2022, if she will provide a wider breakdown of the locations from which scrambler bikes referenced were seized in 2021 and to date in 2022.’
As you will recall, I sought the information from the Garda authorities and undertook to contact you again once the information was to hand.
As you may be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business under Section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), including the recording of information on the Garda PULSE system. As Minister I play no role in these independent functions.
As you are already aware, the Garda authorities advised that there were 178 incidents in 2021 and 80 in 2022 where a scrambler bike was seized or detained nationally.
I am advised by the Garda authorities that counts of less than 10 cannot be provided due to data protection concerns.
Based on information already provided it is not possible to provide a breakdown by year below national level as to do so would identify numbers for a particular region of less than 10.
I am however in a position to provide regional numbers for the combined two years specified in your question - the below table shows the total number of seizures by Garda Region.
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Region
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Total
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Dublin Region
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143
|
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Southern Region
|
70
|
|
Eastern Region
|
29
|
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North-western Region
|
16
|
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TOTAL
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258
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Figures are based on incidents occurring from 1 January 2021 to 3 October 2022, inclusive. All information contained in this report is based upon operational data from the PULSE system as was available on 4 October 2022 and is liable to change.
