An Garda Síochána

Tuesday, 29 November 2022

Ceisteanna (563)

Peadar Tóibín

Ceist:

563. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of times that gardaí have been called to incidents involving persons entering or seeking to enter the river Corrib in Galway city in each of the past five years and to date in 2022. [58964/22]

Amharc ar fhreagra

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Justice

I have sought the information requested by the Deputy from An Garda Síochána. Regrettably this information was not available in time and I will write to the Deputy again once it is to hand.

The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51.

I refer to Parliamentary Question No.563 of 29 November 2022 where you sought:

"The number of times that Gardaí have been called to incidents involving persons entering or seeking to enter the river Corrib in Galway city in each of the past five years and to date in 2022.”

As you will recall, Minister Humphreys sought the information you requested from the Garda authorities and undertook to contact you again once the information was to hand.

I am advised by the Garda authorities that the table below shows the number of incidents recorded on PULSE under the category of ‘Person Misadventure’, recorded in Gaillimh station, where the incident narrative refers to ‘River’ or ‘Corrib’. Please note that this PULSE category includes categories relating to missing persons, mental health, sudden death and suicide. Clearly these are tragic and distressing circumstances and my sympathies are with the persons concerned and those close to them.

PULSE Category	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	01/01/2022 to 22/11/2022
Person Misadventure	22	17	18	24	28	30

I am further advised that these figures may not fully reflect all incidents of An Garda Síochána being called to incidents involving a person entering or seeking to enter the River Corrib in Galway City. Depending on the nature of the call, the incident may have been classified as something other than 'Person Misadventure'.

The figures provided above were collated based on PULSE data in November 2022. They are operational and may be liable to change.

I hope that this information is of assistance.