Written answers
Tuesday, 28 June 2022
Department of Justice and Equality
An Garda Síochána
Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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691. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions from arrest for anti-social behaviour from the Ballincollig Garda station in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. [33655/22]
Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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692. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of convictions from arrest from the Ballincollig Garda station in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. [33656/22]
Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 691 and 692 together.
As the Deputy will appreciate, the Courts Service is responsible for the administration of the Courts system. I have been advised by the Courts Service that it is not possible to provide the data requested by the Deputy as the Courts Service does not record convictions against the Garda station in which a convicted person was arrested.
For the Deputy's information, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) is responsible for the compilation and publication of all crime statistics. The CSO produces these statistics using data recorded on An Garda Síochána’s PULSE system and makes regular releases under reservation in relation to various crime statistics, including recorded and detected crime. The CSO continues to work with An Garda Síochána to address quality issues in the underlying sources used to compile the statistics.
The table below, from the publicly available data on the CSO's website, shows the number of recorded crime offences in the Ballincollig Garda Station for the years requested.
| Type of Offence | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attempts/threats to murder, assaults, harassments and related offences | 65 | 63 | 63 | 65 |
| Dangerous or negligent acts | 33 | 23 | 20 | 25 |
| Kidnapping and related offences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Robbery, extortion and hijacking offences | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Burglary and related offences | 36 | 25 | 16 | 5 |
| Theft and related offences | 162 | 143 | 128 | 97 |
| Fraud, deception and related offences | 14 | 31 | 31 | 68 |
| Controlled drug offences | 31 | 35 | 32 | 43 |
| Weapons and Explosives Offences | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Damage to property and to the environment | 63 | 78 | 70 | 94 |
| Public order and other social code offences | 72 | 107 | 145 | 104 |
| Offences against government, justice procedures and organisation of crime | 10 | 18 | 20 | 11 |
| TOTAL | 493 | 529 | 532 | 520 |
The table below shows the total number of public order and other social code offences recorded in Ballincollig Garda Station for the years requested.
| Year | Type of Offence | Number |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Public order and other social code offences | 72 |
| 2019 | Public order and other social code offences | 107 |
| 2020 | Public order and other social code offences | 145 |
| 2021 | Public order and other social code offences | 104 |
| TOTAL | 428 |
Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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693. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests from the Ballincollig Garda station in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. [33657/22]
Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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694. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of arrests for anti-social behaviour from the Ballincollig Garda station in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. [33658/22]
Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 693 and 694 together.
As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible by law for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including all operational policing and enforcement matters. As Minister, I have no direct role in these matters. For the Deputy's information, I am advised that Ballincollig Garda Station is not a 24 hour station and is part of the Togher District.
I am informed by Garda Authorities that a search of the PULSE database was conducted for prisoner logs where the arrest or entry date is within the period 01/01/2018-31/12/21 and the station was ‘Ballincollig’.
There were 13 total prisoner logs for this period.
In relation to arrests for anti-social behavior, I have been advised by the Garda authorities that it is not possible to provide a statistical breakdown as the low number of total arrests may present a data protection concern.
Please note that this incident data is based upon operational data from the PULSE system as was available at 01:00 on 24/06/2022 and is liable to change.
Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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695. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of calls received regarding anti-social behaviour to the Ballincollig Garda station in 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. [33659/22]
Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I have contacted the Garda authorities for the information requested by the Deputy, however, the information was not available in time. I will write again to the Deputy once the information is to hand.
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