Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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1030. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of people charged with directing the activities of a criminal organisation, participating in or contributing to a criminal organisation, and committing an offence for a criminal organisation in 2022. [18169/23]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will appreciate, the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is an independent law officer under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1974 (as amended) and I have no role in relation to the work of the Office of the DPP. 

As the Deputy will also be aware, the 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 I have referred the Deputy's question to the Courts Service for direct reply.