Written answers
Thursday, 4 December 2008
Department of Health and Children
Criminal Prosecutions
4:00 pm
Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 71: To ask the Minister for Health and Children the number of prosecutions that have taken place on a county basis in relation to breaches (details supplied). [44494/08]
Máire Hoctor (Tipperary North, Fianna Fail)
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The figures the Deputy has requested are in the tables. The figures for 2004/2005 follows the old Health Board structures. The figure in relation to 2008 relates to those prosecutions I am aware of to date.
| Prosecutions taken from 2006-2008 under Section 47 of the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002 & 2004 | |||
| Community Care Area | 2006 | 2007 | 2008** |
| No. of cases | |||
| Cork South Lee, | 1 | 1 | |
| Cork North Lee, | 4 | 0 | |
| West Cork, | 1 | 0 | |
| North Cork | 2 | 0 | |
| Kerry | 2 | ||
| Carlow/Kilkenny, | 3 | 0 | |
| Tipperary South | 2 | 0 | |
| Waterford | 1 | 2 | |
| Wexford | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| HSE — South | 9 | 12 | 6 |
| Clondalkin | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Kildare | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| South City East | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| South City West | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Tallaght | 1 | 0 | |
| Wicklow | 0 | 0 | |
| Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown | 0 | 0 | |
| Laois/Offaly | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Longford/Westmeath | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| HSE — Dublin Mid-Leinster | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| Clare | 0 | ||
| Limerick | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Tipperary North | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Donegal | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Sligo/Leitrim/West Cavan | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Galway | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Mayo | 5 | 7 | 2 |
| Roscommon | 0 | ||
| HSE — West | 16 | 19 | 6 |
| Cavan/Monaghan | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Louth | 0 | ||
| Meath | 0 | ||
| Northern Area | 1 | 2 | |
| HSE — Dublin North East | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Nationally | 35 | 43 | 22 |
| **Note: Prosecutions taken in 2008 to 1 Dec 2008. |
| Prosecutions taken from 2004-2005 under Section 47 of the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002 & 2004 | |||
| Year | 2004 | 2005 | |
| Mid Western Area | Clare | 2 | |
| Limerick | 4 | ||
| Tipperary North | 1 | ||
| Total for HSE Area | 7 | ||
| Midland Region | Laois/Offaly | 1 | 3 |
| Longford Westmeath | 2 | ||
| Total for HSE Area | 5 | ||
| North Eastern Area | Cavan Monaghan | 2 | 2 |
| Total for HSE Area | 2 | ||
| North Western Area | Donegal | 2 | |
| Sligo/Leitrim | 1 | 1 | |
| Total for HSE Area | 3 | ||
| Northern Area | Northern Area | 6 | |
| Total for HSE Area | 6 | ||
| South Eastern Area | Carlow/Kilkenny | 1 | |
| Tipperary South | 1 | ||
| Waterford | 1 | 3 | |
| Wexford | 2 | ||
| Total for HSE Area | 7 | ||
| South Western Area | Dublin South City East | 1 | |
| Total for HSE Area | 1 | ||
| Southern Area | West Cork | 1 | |
| Cork City North Lee | 1 | ||
| Total for HSE Area | 1 | ||
| Western Area | Mayo | 1 | 5 |
| Roscommon | 1 | ||
| Galway | 6 | ||
| Total for HSE Area | 6 | ||
| Nationally | 13 | 38 |
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