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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