Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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145. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 242 of 12 July 2018, the number of incidents of domestic abuse recorded in each Garda division in each month to date in 2018. [42774/18]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I understand that, further to the Deputy's previous Parliamentary Question, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) contacted the Deputy on 19 July 2018 which advised that "PULSE, the incident recording system of An Garda Siochana, is the only potential source of data for statistics of crime incidents with a domestic violence/abuse motive. The information is collected on PULSE since Q4 2015. Based on an examination of the quality of the data CSO took the decision not to release statistics as the quality of the collected data is not sufficiently robust enough to generate reliable statistics. "

In this context, the Deputy will be aware that the most recent publication of the official recorded crime statistics remains 'Under Reservation'. It is important to note that the CSO, in conjunction with An Garda Síochána and the Policing Authority, continue to make good progress on returning the crime figures to the higher standard expected of our national crime statistics. I am determined that this body of work be completed as soon as possible.