Written answers

Wednesday, 15 July 2015

Department of Justice and Equality

Courts Service Data

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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167. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 8 July 2015, where 15,824 offences of holding a mobile phone came before the courts and convictions were recorded in relation to 4,716, if she will provide a breakdown of the number of these offences, by District Court, in 2013 and 2014 and up to the end of March 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29392/15]

Photo of Frances FitzgeraldFrances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service and I have no role in the matter. Section 4(3) of the 1998 Act provides that the Courts Service is independent in the performance of its functions, which includes the provision of information on the courts system. However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy, I have had enquiries made and the tables below provide the information requested.

Please note that the total number of convictions previously provided in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 124 of 8 July 2015 has changed. The most recent report run on the Criminal Court Case Tracking System takes account of factors such as convictions which may have been appealed, reversed, set aside etc. since the report was first run in response to the earlier question.

Report by Court Area on number of offences listed and number of offences convicted for holding a mobile phone for 2013, 2014 and January – March 2015

Note 1: Report includes summonses not served

Note 2: Report includes summonses and charge sheets

Note 3: Report includes cases listed but may not yet be finalised

Jan – Dec 2013

Court AreaOffences ListedConvictions
ABBEYFEALE62
ACAILL10
ARDEE203
ARKLOW134
ATHLONE548
ATHY326
BALLINA193
BALTINGLASS71
BANDON4612
BEAL AN MHUIRTHEAD00
BALLYCONNELL & SWANLINBAR121
BIRR41
BALLINASLOE144
BALLAGHADERREEN11
BALLYSHANNON00
BALLYHAUNIS10
BANTRY122
BRAY6222
BUNCRANA102
CAHIRCIVEEN40
CARLOW578
CASHEL171
CAVAN626
CASTLEBAR549
CLIFDEN32
CLONMEL264
CLONAKILTY2410
CORK CITY485162
CARRICK ON SHANNON213
CARRICKMACROSS175
CARNDONAGH20
CARRICK ON SUIR184
CASTLEREA20
AN DAINGEAN00
DUBLIN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT2,583652
DUNGARVAN238
DONEGAL21
DROGHEDA479
DOIRE AN FHEICH10
DUNDALK307
AN CLOCHAN LIATH10
EDENDERRY83
ENNIS17044
AN FAL CARRACH11
FERMOY255
GALWAY21766
NA GLEANNTA00
GORT296
GOREY349
KELLS3412
KENMARE00
KILLALOE20
KINSALE95
KILCOCK3510
KILKENNY14033
KILLORGLIN41
KILRUSH70
KILLARNEY326
LETTERKENNY3712
LIMERICK26759
LISMORE81
LISTOWEL40
LONGFORD7221
LOUGHREA375
MACROOM5816
MALLOW11030
MANORHAMILTON10
MIDLETON7315
MONAGHAN112
MULLINGAR8823
NAAS20053
NENAGH252
NEWCASTLE WEST296
NAVAN12417
PORTLAOISE11425
ROSCOMMON3613
SKIBBEREEN54
SLIGO234
STROKESTOWN105
SWINFORD100
THURLES324
TIPPERARY83
TRALEE434
TRIM142
TUAM5719
TUBBERCURRY60
TULLAMORE4615
VIRGINIA193
WEXFORD5327
WICKLOW3713
WESTPORT51
WATERFORD CITY11636
YOUGHAL134
TOTAL6,3311,608

Jan – Dec 2014

Court AreaOffences ListedConvictions
ABBEYFEALE42
ACAILL10
ARDEE130
ARKLOW162
ATHLONE10949
ATHY186
BALLINA192
BALTINGLASS00
BANDON8239
BEAL AN MHUIRTHEAD52
BALLYCONNELL & SWANLINBAR00
BIRR11
BALLINASLOE179
BALLAGHADERREEN31
BALLYSHANNON93
BALLYHAUNIS00
BANTRY135
BRAY9430
BUNCRANA50
CAHIRCIVEEN00
CARLOW6720
CASHEL192
CAVAN9723
CASTLEBAR5011
CLIFDEN53
CLONMEL7415
CLONAKILTY169
CORK CITY523256
CARRICK ON SHANNON263
CARRICKMACROSS289
CARNDONAGH17
CARRICK ON SUIR120
CASTLEREA84
AN DAINGEAN21
DUBLIN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT3,088825
DUNGARVAN314
DONEGAL62
DROGHEDA4413
DOIRE AN FHEICH63
DUNDALK3312
AN CLOCHAN LIATH52
EDENDERRY00
ENNIS21074
AN FAL CARRACH11
FERMOY195
GALWAY375154
NA GLEANNTA10
GORT407
GOREY183
KELLS00
KENMARE10
KILLALOE102
KINSALE00
KILCOCK2611
KILKENNY6819
KILLORGLIN34
KILRUSH160
KILLARNEY339
LETTERKENNY225
LIMERICK18766
LISMORE64
LISTOWEL135
LONGFORD6519
LOUGHREA3920
MACROOM4818
MALLOW9835
MANORHAMILTON11
MIDLETON9440
MONAGHAN253
MULLINGAR6727
NAAS21790
NENAGH174
NEWCASTLE WEST6724
NAVAN16343
PORTLAOISE9735
ROSCOMMON4116
SKIBBEREEN84
SLIGO4812
STROKESTOWN70
SWINFORD329
THURLES00
TIPPERARY285
TRALEE10212
TRIM224
TUAM4725
TUBBERCURRY72
TULLAMORE7937
VIRGINIA3312
WEXFORD11447
WICKLOW4013
WESTPORT20
WATERFORD CITY13842
YOUGHAL206
TOTAL7,3652,349

Jan – Mar 2015

Court AreaOffences ListedConvictions
ABBEYFEALE0 0
ACAILL00
ARDEE85
ARKLOW52
ATHLONE146
ATHY40
BALLINA52
BALTINGLASS00
BANDON146
BEAL AN MHUIRTHEAD20
BALLYCONNELL & SWANLINBAR00
BIRR00
BALLINASLOE62
BALLAGHADERREEN10
BALLYSHANNON11
BALLYHAUNIS00
BANTRY62
BRAY193
BUNCRANA21
CAHIRCIVEEN00
CARLOW234
CASHEL40
CAVAN213
CASTLEBAR143
CLIFDEN00
CLONMEL96
CLONAKILTY21
CORK CITY13253
CARRICK ON SHANNON00
CARRICKMACROSS61
CARNDONAGH11
CARRICK ON SUIR41
CASTLEREA10
AN DAINGEAN10
DUBLIN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT767184
DUNGARVAN121
DONEGAL40
DROGHEDA144
DOIRE AN FHEICH10
DUNDALK82
AN CLOCHAN LIATH00
EDENDERRY00
ENNIS3215
AN FAL CARRACH00
FERMOY154
GALWAY10849
NA GLEANNTA10
GORT147
GOREY51
KELLS00
KENMARE10
KILLALOE41
KINSALE00
KILCOCK62
KILKENNY3318
KILLORGLIN10
KILRUSH52
KILLARNEY90
LETTERKENNY52
LIMERICK6621
LISMORE00
LISTOWEL81
LONGFORD229
LOUGHREA92
MACROOM189
MALLOW3511
MANORHAMILTON00
MIDLETON2711
MONAGHAN93
MULLINGAR217
NAAS4826
NENAGH60
NEWCASTLE WEST123
NAVAN5210
PORTLAOISE199
ROSCOMMON105
SKIBBEREEN00
SLIGO124
STROKESTOWN21
SWINFORD00
THURLES264
TIPPERARY41
TRALEE262
TRIM72
TUAM178
TUBBERCURRY42
TULLAMORE2216
VIRGINIA112
WEXFORD3412
WICKLOW71
WESTPORT11
WATERFORD CITY438
YOUGHAL42
TOTAL1,932588

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