Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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218. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions processed in the State for membership of terrorist organisations in each of the years 2015 to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32053/20]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I am informed by the Courts Service that the offence of membership of an unlawful organisation under section 21(2) of the Offences Against the State Act 1939 is almost always prosecuted in the Special Criminal Court.

The data requested by the Deputy on convictions before the Special Criminal Court under Section 21(2) of the Offence Against the State Act 1939 is provided in the table below.