Neale Richmond (Dublin Rathdown, Fine Gael)
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714. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of homicides committed in Ireland in each of the years 2015 to 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1102/21]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Government is committed to driving down crime in all its forms, including serious and violent crime. To this end, An Garda Síochána has been allocated an unprecedented budget of €1.952 billion for 2021.

More Garda recruits and more Garda staff means extra members of the service on the frontline and in specialist units battling organised crime groups, supporting victims, and keeping people safe.

With regard to the specific information requested by the Deputy, the Central Statistics Office have provided me with the information in the table below.

* This figure contains data for Q1 to Q3 of 2020 only. The figures for Q 4 are due for publication in late March 2021.

The Deputy may wish to note that these figures are categorised as Statistics Under Reservation. The classification of “Under Reservation” is in keeping with other jurisdictions and other statistical domains. This indicates that, while the statistics have been determined to be of sufficient quality to allow publication, ongoing issues mean that the quality does not yet meet the higher standard required of official statistics by the CSO.