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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...circumstances to which it related very much still exist. Part of the motivation for the introduction of the Bill was the increase in the significant number of knives that had been seized by members of An Garda Síochána in the years leading up to its introduction. Regrettably, there were some tragic instances of young men being the victims of assaults in which knives were used...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...penalty that exists at present is not working. Obviously, our population has increased significantly which may explain why the offences are also increasing. When we look at the statistics the An Garda Síochána has presented, it is clearly the case that more young men and boys are carrying knives. I do not think there is any doubt about that and that numbers are increasing. We...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: Some 2,146 knives were seized by An Garda Síochána in 2022. I do not know what its policy is when it seizes a knife. It is to prosecute, I presume.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: Scrutiny of the Firearms and Offensive Weapons (Amendment) Bill 2021 (28 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: ...we can do to try to say that the Oireachtas regards this as a particularly serious issue other than increasing the penalties for it. It would be interesting to try to do some research on the seizures by An Garda Síochána and the people who are being convicted of knife crime, but it is unquestionably the case that the numbers are growing. I do not know the reason for it. An...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 449. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 30 April 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order to answer the question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22875/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 452. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 862 of 9 April 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order to answer the question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22878/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 505 of 30 April 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order to answer the question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22881/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 456. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank attached to Garda mounted unit as of 14 May 2024 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22882/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (21 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times An Garda Síochána have hired out an external forensic anthropologist for work on its behalf in the years of 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024 in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22885/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (16 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí in each Garda district in each Garda division at the end of April 2024, or the latest date available, in tabular form. [22296/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 May 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 236. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the most recent figures for the number of appointed detectives in each Garda division, in tabular form. [21005/24]

Ceisteanna - Questions: An Garda Síochána (30 Apr 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: I do not know how members of An Garda Síochána can keep on top of the amount of laws there at present. Sometimes we see gardaí involved in situations and ask why they are not implementing, say, section 7 of the Criminal Justice (Public Order) Act or as I was saying in respect of Mount Street, the Roads Act 1993. There is such a vast amount of legislation that people in this...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 Apr 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 504. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 862 of 9 April 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this PQ answered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19099/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 Apr 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 505. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount spent on purchasing additional Garda public order equipment in the years of 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19100/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 Apr 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 506. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will report on Garda Operation Satailt; the number of persons arrested and charged under this operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19101/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 Apr 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question number 863 of 9 April 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities to have this PQ answered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19105/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 Apr 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 512. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new marked Garda cars that came into the fleet in 2023 and to-date in 2024; the number of marked Garda cars that were withdrawn from the fleet during same period, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19108/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (30 Apr 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 514. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the necessary funding will be provided for the issuing of a personal protective helmet to be issued to each frontline Garda; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19110/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (10 Apr 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 105. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of WTE civilian forensic photographers employed by An Garda Síochána in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15568/24]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (10 Apr 2024)

Jim O'Callaghan: 107. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of competitions held for sworn gardaí to apply to join the Garda band in 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15570/24]