Martin Kenny (Sligo-Leitrim, Sinn Fein)
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102. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of adult cautions by county in each of the years between 2016 and 2022 in tabular form. [61138/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business, which includes all operational policing matters and the management of the Garda PULSE system. As Minister I play no role in these independent functions, however, to be of assistance I have contacted the Garda authorities and have been advised of the following. 

The Adult Caution Scheme is a non-statutory scheme agreed between, and administered by, An Garda Síochána and the Director of Public Prosecutions. As the Deputy will also appreciate, the DPP is fully independent in her functions and I have no role in the operations, oversight or governance of the office of the Director. 

The below table provides the number of Adult Cautions by County for the years 2019 - 2022 to date.

It should be noted that a record of the particular date in which offender status was updated to Adult Caution has only been recorded on PULSE since 2019. Therefore figures prior to 2019 are unavailable.