John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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101. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of successful criminal prosecutions secured for each Garda subdistrict in each of the years 1985 to 2017 in relation to hit and run accidents. [26111/18]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, under the provisions of the Courts Service Act 1998, management of the courts is the responsibility of the Courts Service, which is independent in exercising its functions, which include 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 Courts Service has advised that they are not in a position to provide statistics by Garda sub District and the information being provided in the table below from the Court Service is by District Court Area.

The statistics are obtained from the Criminal Case Tracking System which became operational in 2005. It is not possible to provide statistics for the period 1985-2004.

Report from 2005 to 2017 on the number of persons convicted for hit and run incidents including the following offences;

- Hit & Run (Fail to give appropriate Information)

- Hit & Run (Failing to remain at scene)

- Hit & Run (Failing to Report occurrence)

- Hit & Run (Failing to Stop)

Note: If a person was convicted in more than area in the same year, they will appear twice on the report.

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Question No. 102 answered with Question No. 98.