Written answers
Wednesday, 18 June 2014
Department of Justice and Equality
Firearms Licences
Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Independent)
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155. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of the years 2009 to 2013, inclusive, and to date in 2014, if she will confirm per year and in tabular form, the number of individual District Court cases taken against An Garda Síochána in respect of firearms licensing decisions; the number of individual District Court orders issued against An Garda Síochána in respect of firearms licensing decisions; the number of individual District Court orders issued in favour of An Garda Síochána in respect of firearms licensing decisions; the costs to the taxpayer of the District Court orders issued against An Garda Síochána in respect of firearms licensing decisions; the number of individual High Court cases taken against An Garda Síochána in respect of firearms licensing decisions; the number of individual High Court orders issued against An Garda Síochána in respect of firearms licensing decisions; the number of individual High Court orders issued in favour of An Garda Síochána in respect of firearms licensing decisions; the costs to the taxpayer of the High Court orders issued against An Garda Síochána in respect of firearms licensing decisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26206/14]
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Courts Service has advised that the information sought by the Deputy is not readily available and could only be retrieved by way of a manual examination of each individual court record. As I am sure the Deputy will appreciate, this would require the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of staff time and resources which cannot be justified.
I have also asked the Garda Commissioner for a report in relation to these matters and will write to the Deputy when I have further information.
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