Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 February 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Garda Homicide Statistics: Discussion

10:30 am

Mr. Michael Finn:

I understand. As I was trying to explain, with some of the processes we have put in place, it will be evident to the member creating the record that a person has been involved in a previous incident. When I record that a person is the victim of a particular crime, our system will flag the fact that he or she has previously been the subject of an incident where there is a previous investigation. We will be alerted straight away if there was a previous domestic violence incident relating to that person. That history is now populated and fed to the member when he or she creates the incident. The awareness is there and one can see from the outset that there is a history and that we need to monitor the case.

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