Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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There has been a 34% increase in the number of prosecution files received by the office over the past four years. Files increased from 13,667 in 2017 to 18,256 in 2021. There has been a 21% increase in the files received for a decision on whether to prosecute over the past three years and the number of suspects who are the subject of these files has also increased by 22% over the same three-year period. In addition, there has been an exponential growth in the level of data and complexity routinely involved in a range of different offence types, including sexual offences, theft and fraud offences and organised crime. Teams of legal staff are required per case. If we look at the output of the criminal courts due to the increase in the number of judges, it is welcome we have been able to match that increased output from the DPP's office in order to advance many prosecutions more expeditiously.