Written answers

Tuesday, 5 November 2013

Department of Justice and Equality

Criminal Prosecutions Data

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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767. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of criminal gang members that have been apprehended and convicted in each of the past five years to date; the number of any pending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46242/13]

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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768. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of members of criminal gangs currently remanded on bail in respect of one or more offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46243/13]

Photo of Alan ShatterAlan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 767 and 768 together.

The Deputy will appreciate that membership of criminal gangs tends to be fluid and the nature of criminal activity is such that offences committed by members of gangs may or may not be connected with the individual’s membership of such gangs. The existence of such gangs and their membership does not remain static. It is therefore not possible to accurately attribute figures to convictions of gang members or to the number of gang members currently remanded on bail.

Members of An Garda Síochána continue to utilise all available legislation, including the additional legislative provisions introduced by the Oireachtas in 2009 which amended the Criminal Justice Act, 2006 relating to organised crime. In this regard, since the enactment of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 on the 23 July 2009 to 30 September, 2013, the legislation has been used on 212 occasions where arrests have been made relating to organised crime. To date, eight individuals have been charged under the legislation, six under Section 72 of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 as inserted by section 6 of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009, participating in organised crime and two under Section 71A of the Criminal Justice Act 2006 as inserted by section 5 of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009, directing the activities of a criminal organisation.

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