Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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568. 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 Shannon in Limerick city in each of the past five years and to date in 2022. [59013/22]

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 recorded in Henry Street and Roxboro Road Districts, where the incident narrative refers to “River” or “Shannon,” for each of the past five years up to 22 November 2022.

The table below, provided by the Garda authorities, shows the number of incidents recorded on PULSE under the category of ‘Person Misadventure’. This category includes the sub-categories 'Detained under the Mental Health Act', 'Missing Person High Risk', 'Missing Person Medium Risk', 'Missing Person Low Risk', 'Sudden Death', 'Suicide' and 'Suicide (Attempt only)' in Henry Street and Roxboro Districts.

It is worth noting that these figures may not fully reflect all incidents of An Garda Síochána being called to incidents involving a person entering or seeking to enter the River Shannon in Limerick City. Depending on the nature of the call, the incident may have been classified as something other than 'Person Misadventure'.

Figures provided were collated based on PULSE data on 22 November 2022. They are operational and may be liable to change.

Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein)
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569. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of public order offences reported to gardaí within Kilkenny and Carlow Garda division in 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form. [59018/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, 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. The CSO also continues to work with An Garda Síochána to address quality issues in the underlying sources used to compile the statistics.

Figures in respect of public order offences reported to Gardaí in Kilkenny/Carlow Division can be found on the CSO website at the following link:

data.cso.ie/table/CJQ06

However, to be of assistance to the Deputy, the below table extracted from the CSO website, outlines the number of pubic order offences reported to An Garda Síochána in Kilkenny/Carlow Division in 2021 and Q1 and Q2 2022.

Figures for Q3 and Q4 2022 will be published by the CSO in due course.