Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the average length of sentence handed down to persons convicted of a violent crime or sexual offences in each of the past five years - 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, in tabular form. [8986/23]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Management of the courts, operational matters and logistical functions are the responsibility of the judiciary and Courts Service, which are independent in exercising their functions under the Courts Service Act 1998 and given the separation of powers in the Constitution.

The Courts Service has a dedicated email address for the provision of information to members of the Houses of the Oireachtas: oireachtasenquiries@courts.ie

To be of assistance to the Deputy, I have referred his question to the Court Service for direct reply.