Written answers
Tuesday, 29 November 2022
Department of Justice and Equality
An Garda Síochána
Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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554. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times that gardaí were called to scenes and incidents in emergency departments in the State in each of the past five years by county in tabular form. [58949/22]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, under the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the administration and management of An Garda Síochána. As Minister for Justice, I have no direct role in these matters.
On foot of the Deputy's question, contact was made with An Garda Síochána to seek the specific information sought. I am advised by the Garda authorities that a search of the PULSE system was conducted to identify any crime incident reported nationwide since 01/01/2018 whereby the associated location type was ‘Hospital’.
I am also advised that the number of incidents reported by Garda Division in each of the past 5 years is outlined in the table below.
| Garda Division | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022** |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cavan/Monaghan | 14 | 22 | 16 | * | 21 |
| Clare | * | 15 | * | 13 | * |
| Cork City | 80 | 79 | 89 | 66 | 64 |
| Cork North | * | * | * | * | * |
| Cork West | * | * | * | * | * |
| DMR Eastern | 29 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 26 |
| DMR North Central | 157 | 135 | 96 | 68 | 90 |
| DMR Northern | 52 | 59 | 62 | 43 | 43 |
| DMR South Central | 139 | 162 | 126 | 102 | 153 |
| DMR Southern | 52 | 58 | 38 | 41 | 55 |
| DMR Western | 64 | 49 | 56 | 58 | 66 |
| Donegal | 33 | 42 | 19 | 23 | 27 |
| Galway Division | 55 | 86 | 84 | 60 | 56 |
| Kerry | 29 | 38 | 40 | 33 | 25 |
| Kildare Division | 16 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 30 |
| Laois/Offaly | 35 | 41 | 47 | 36 | 27 |
| Limerick | 56 | 68 | 51 | 64 | 70 |
| Louth Division | 56 | 33 | 39 | 37 | 59 |
| Mayo/Roscommon/Longford | 24 | 23 | 29 | 32 | 27 |
| Meath Division | * | * | * | * | * |
| Sligo/Leitrim | 28 | 28 | 30 | 24 | 28 |
| Tipperary | 20 | 18 | 14 | 23 | 28 |
| Westmeath Division | 24 | 18 | 32 | 28 | 34 |
| Wexford Division | 25 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 25 |
| Wicklow Division | * | * | * | * | * |
| Grand Total | 1067 | 1100 | 981 | 862 | 1052 |
* Figures less than 10 are not reported to ensure there are no issues from a data protection perspective.
** Figures were collated based on PULSE data on 23 November 2022. They are operational and may be liable to change. Crime counting rules are not applied to reflect all recorded incidents.
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