Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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559. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times that gardaí have been called to incidents in domestic violence shelters in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [58960/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Tackling domestic violence and supporting victims are key priorities for me as Minister for Justice and for Government as a whole. This is something that the Garda Commissioner and An Garda Síochána also attaches the highest priority to.

In relation to the specific information sought by the Deputy, I am informed by An Garda Síochána that there is no location type of ‘Domestic Violence Shelter’ in PULSE and therefore it is not possible to provide the information sought.

In this regard, I refer the Deputy to parliamentary question 473 of the 15th November 2022, which may be of interest, in so far as it outlines figures relating to domestic abuse incidents across all divisions of An Garda Síochána in the year to date, including the number of calls received by An Garda Síochána to respond to domestic abuse incidents; the number of criminal charges referred for breaches of domestic abuse court orders; the number of criminal charges reported for alleged crimes involving an element of domestic abuse.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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560. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times that gardaí have been called to incidents in direct provision centres in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [58961/22]

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, including operational policing matters. As Minister, I have no direct role in these independent functions.

I have been informed by An Garda Síochána that there is no location type of 'direct provision centres' on the Garda PULSE system. As a result, An Garda Síochána are unable to provide the information sought, or any reliable information related.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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561. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times the Garda armed response unit has been dispatched in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [58962/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I have sought the information requested by the Deputy from An Garda Síochána. Regrettably this information was not available in time and I will write to the Deputy again once it is to hand.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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562. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times that gardaí have been called to incidents in homeless shelters in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [58963/22]

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, including operational policing matters. As Minister, I have no direct role in these independent functions.

I am informed by the Garda authorities that there is no location type of ‘Homeless Shelter’ on PULSE. Therefore it is not possible to provide the Deputy with the information requested.

Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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563. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of times that gardaí have been called to incidents involving persons entering or seeking to enter the river Corrib in Galway city in each of the past five years and to date in 2022. [58964/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I have sought the information requested by the Deputy from An Garda Síochána. Regrettably this information was not available in time and I will write to the Deputy again once it is to hand.