Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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191. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of threats to kill incidents reported to Garda within the division in 2020 to 2022, and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [11706/23]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, 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.

In relation to the number of threat to kill incidents reported to Gardaí, I am informed that figures in respect of this incident type are categorised as ‘threat to kill or cause serious harm’ and a specific incident type cannot be easily distinguished to provide separate data.

To be of assistance, the below table provides figures for the incident type ‘threat to kill or cause serious harm’ for the period up to Q3 2022. Figures in respect of the final quarter of 2022 are due to be released later this month and I look forward to reviewing these once available. This information can be accessed at the following CSO website link: data.cso.ie/table/CJQ06.