Written answers
Tuesday, 22 September 2020
Department of Justice and Equality
Crime Data
Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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647. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions under Section 80 of the Explosives Act 1875 from 2010 to 2019 and to date in 2020 by region in tabular form. [24929/20]
Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will appreciate that the decision about whether or not to prosecute a person, and for what crime, is entirely a matter for the Director of Public Prosecutions and I have no role in such matters.
As the Deputy may be 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 includes information relating to prosecutions.
However, in order to be of assistance to the Deputy I have had enquiries made with the Courts Service and it has provided the following available data of offences and number of persons before the courts for under Section 80 of the Explosives Act 1875 from 2010 to 2019 and for January to July 2020.
January – December 2010
| .Court Area | No of Offences | No of Persons |
|---|---|---|
| ARDEE | 1 | 1 |
| ATHLONE | 1 | 1 |
| ATHY | 1 | 1 |
| BALLYHAUNIS | 2 | 1 |
| CASTLEBLANEY | 1 | 1 |
| CLAREMORRIS | 2 | 2 |
| DROGHEDA | 1 | 1 |
| DUBLIN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT | 12 | 9 |
| KILLALOE | 1 | 1 |
| LIMERICK | 5 | 4 |
| LONGFORD | 1 | 1 |
| NEWCASTLE WEST | 1 | 1 |
| PORTLAOISE | 3 | 2 |
| TEMPLEMORE | 1 | 1 |
| THURLES | 1 | 1 |
| TRALEE | 1 | 1 |
| TRIM | 1 | 1 |
| TULLAMORE | 2 | 2 |
| WEXFORD | 1 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 39 | 33 |
January – December 2013.
| Court Area | No of Offences | No of Persons |
|---|---|---|
| ATHY | 1 | 1 |
| BALLINASLOE | 4 | 3 |
| BIRR | 1 | 1 |
| CARLOW | 2 | 2 |
| CAVAN | 5 | 3 |
| DUBLIN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT | 5 | 3 |
| EDENDERRY | 1 | 1 |
| ENNIS | 1 | 1 |
| LIMERICK | 3 | 3 |
| LISTOWEL | 2 | 2 |
| LONGFORD | 1 | 1 |
| MALLOW | 1 | 1 |
| MULLINGAR | 3 | 2 |
| PORTLAOISE | 1 | 1 |
| TRALEE | 2 | 2 |
| TRIM | 1 | 1 |
| TULLAMORE | 2 | 2 |
| WATERFORD CITY | 1 | 1 |
| WEXFORD | 1 | 1 |
| WICKLOW | 1 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 39 | 33 |
January – December 2014.
| Court Area | No of Offences | No of Persons |
|---|---|---|
| ARKLOW | 1 | 1 |
| BALLINASLOE | 2 | 2 |
| CARLOW | 1 | 1 |
| CLIFDEN | 2 | 1 |
| DUBLIN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT | 4 | 3 |
| LETTERKENNY | 1 | 1 |
| NAVAN | 3 | 2 |
| NENAGH | 1 | 1 |
| PORTLAOISE | 1 | 1 |
| TULLAMORE | 1 | 1 |
| WICKLOW | 1 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 18 | 15 |
January - December 2015.
| Court Area | No of Offences | No of Persons |
|---|---|---|
| CARLOW | 1 | 1 |
| CLONAKILTY | 1 | 1 |
| DUBLIN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT | 5 | 5 |
| KILLORGLIN | 1 | 1 |
| LETTERKENNY | 2 | 1 |
| LIMERICK | 4 | 4 |
| MONAGHAN | 1 | 1 |
| PORTLAOISE | 3 | 3 |
| VIRGINIA | 2 | 2 |
| WEXFORD | 2 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 22 | 20 |
January – December 2016
| Court Area | No of Offences | No of Persons |
|---|---|---|
| CORK CITY | 1 | 1 |
| DUBLIN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT | 5 | 4 |
| PORTLAOISE | 2 | 2 |
| THURLES | 2 | 2 |
| TULLAMORE | 2 | 2 |
| WESTPORT | 2 | 2 |
| Grand Total | 14 | 13 |
January – December 2017
| Court Area | No of Offences | No of Persons |
|---|---|---|
| BALLINASLOE | 1 | 1 |
| CARNDONAGH | 2 | 2 |
| DUBLIN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT | 5 | 5 |
| DUNDALK | 1 | 1 |
| GALWAY | 2 | 2 |
| NEWCASTLE WEST | 1 | 1 |
| PORTLAOISE | 2 | 2 |
| TULLAMORE | 2 | 2 |
| WEXFORD | 1 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 17 | 17 |
January – December 2018
| Court Area | No of Offences | No of Persons |
|---|---|---|
| AN DAINGEAN | 1 | 1 |
| BALLINASLOE | 1 | 1 |
| BRAY | 2 | 1 |
| DUBLIN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT | 16 | 12 |
| GALWAY | 2 | 2 |
| KILLALOE | 1 | 1 |
| KILRUSH | 1 | 1 |
| LIMERICK | 1 | 1 |
| MEATH | 1 | 1 |
| PORTLAOISE | 1 | 1 |
| TULLAMORE | 1 | 1 |
| WATERFORD CITY | 2 | 2 |
| Grand Total | 30 | 25 |
January– December 2019
| Court Area | No of Offences | No of Persons |
|---|---|---|
| BALLINASLOE | 1 | 1 |
| BRAY | 1 | 1 |
| CARLOW | 2 | 1 |
| CORK CITY | 1 | 1 |
| DUBLIN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT | 62 | 11 |
| GOREY | 1 | 1 |
| KILLARNEY | 1 | 1 |
| LETTERKENNY | 2 | 2 |
| LIMERICK | 2 | 2 |
| TULLAMORE | 1 | 1 |
| WESTPORT | 1 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 75 | 23 |
January - July 2020
| Court Area | No of Offences | No of Persons |
|---|---|---|
| DUBLIN METROPOLITAN DISTRICT | 7 | 4 |
| GALWAY | 6 | 1 |
| LONGFORD | 1 | 1 |
| Grand Total | 14 | 6 |
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