Written answers
Tuesday, 16 October 2007
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Crime Levels
10:00 pm
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 509: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will detail on a monthly basis since 1 January 2007, the number and the location of murders in the State and provide the corresponding figures for 2006 for comparison purposes; and if he will also provide corresponding details for each of the years 1991 to 1995 for comparison purposes. [23477/07]
Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that the attached tables 1 and 2 provide the number of murder offences recorded for each month or part of a month from 1 January to 11 October 2007 by Garda Division, and for the same period in 2006. Figures in respect of 2007 are provisional, operational and liable to change. Homicide offences are subject to reclassification.
The numbers of murder offences, recorded by Garda Division, for the years 1991 to 1995 are attached as table 3. To provide this information on a monthly basis from 1 January to 11 October for the years 1991 to 1995 would require a manual search of Garda divisional records which would necessitate a disproportionate expenditure of Garda time and resources.
| Table 1: Number of murder offences recorded for each month from 1 January to 11 October 2007 by Garda Division | ||
| Month | Garda Division | Recorded |
| January | Clare | 1 |
| DMR South | 1 | |
| DMR Western | 1 | |
| February | DMR Northern | 1 |
| DMR Western | 1 | |
| Tipperary | 1 | |
| Wexford/Wicklow | 1 | |
| March | DMR South Central | 1 |
| DMR Western | 1 | |
| Louth/Meath | 1 | |
| Tipperary | 1 | |
| April | Cork West | 1 |
| DMR Northern | 2 | |
| DMR Western | 1 | |
| Kerry | 1 | |
| Limerick | 1 | |
| Tipperary | 1 | |
| Wexford/Wicklow | 1 | |
| May | Cork West | 1 |
| DMR Western | 1 | |
| June | Clare | 1 |
| DMR North Central | 2 | |
| DMR Northern | 1 | |
| DMR South Central | 1 | |
| Galway West | 1 | |
| July | Carlow/Kildare | 2 |
| DMR Western | 1 | |
| Louth/Meath | 2 | |
| Tipperary | 1 | |
| August | DMR Northern | 1 |
| DMR South Central | 1 | |
| DMR Western | 1 | |
| Laois/Offaly | 1 | |
| Longford/Westmeath | 1 | |
| Louth/Meath | 1 | |
| Roscommon/Galway East | 1 | |
| Sligo/Leitrim | 1 | |
| September | DMR Northern | 1 |
| DMR Western | 2 | |
| Limerick | 1 | |
| Longford/Westmeath | 1 | |
| Louth/Meath | 1 | |
| Tipperary | 1 | |
| October | DMR South Central | 1 |
| DMR Southern | 2 | |
| Galway West | 1 | |
| Limerick | 1 | |
| Table 2: Number of murder offences recorded for each month from 1 January to 11 October 2006 by Garda Division | ||
| Month | Garda Division | Recorded |
| January | Carlow/Kildare | 1 |
| Cavan/Monaghan | 2 | |
| DMR North Central | 1 | |
| Sligo/Leitrim | 1 | |
| February | Cork North | 1 |
| DMR Eastern | 1 | |
| DMR Northern | 1 | |
| DMR Southern | 2 | |
| DMR Western | 1 | |
| March | DMR Northern | 1 |
| DMR Western | 1 | |
| April | Cork City | 1 |
| DMR Northern | 1 | |
| DMR Southern | 1 | |
| Donegal | 1 | |
| Tipperary | 1 | |
| Waterford/Kilkenny | 1 |
| Month | Garda Division | Recorded |
| May | DMR Northern | 1 |
| DMR Western | 1 | |
| Limerick | 2 | |
| June | DMR Northern | 2 |
| Galway West | 1 | |
| Louth/Meath | 2 | |
| July | Cork City | 1 |
| Cork North | 1 | |
| DMR Northern | 1 | |
| August | Cork City | 1 |
| DMR North Central | 1 | |
| DMR South Central | 2 | |
| Kerry | 1 | |
| September | Cork North | 1 |
| DMR Northern | 1 | |
| DMR Southern | 1 | |
| Limerick | 1 | |
| Tipperary | 1 | |
| Wexford/Wicklow | 1 | |
| October | 0 |
| Table 3: Murder Offences recorded for the years 1991 to 1995 by Garda Division | |||||
| Division | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 |
| Carlow/Kildare | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Laois/Offaly | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Longford/Westmeath | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Louth/ Meath | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DMR East | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| DMR North Central | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| DMR North | 6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| DMR South Central | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DMR South | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cavan/Monaghan | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Donegal | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sligo/Leitrim | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Waterford/Kilkenny | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wexford | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Cork East | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cork West | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kerry | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Limerick | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Clare | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Galway West | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Mayo | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Roscommon/Galway East | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Note: During the period 1991 to 1995 the Garda Divisions of Cork City and DMR West had not been established. |
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