Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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578. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incident types recorded on the Garda PULSE system under the Mental Health Act 2001 detained under category in 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7709/22]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will appreciate that the Garda Commissioner is responsible, by law, for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, and as Minister, I have no direct role in the matter.

I am informed by the Garda authorities that a search of the PULSE database was conducted on 10 February 2022 to identify any incident of type ‘Mental Health Act (detained under)’ reported nationwide and found that a total of 6,315 such incidents were recorded during 2021.

The Deputy should note that these figures are based on data obtained from PULSE on 10/2/2022. All figures are operational and liable to change.