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Tuesday, 23 May 2023

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Office of Director of Public Prosecutions

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Photo of Rose Conway-WalshRose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein)
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142. To ask the Taoiseach the caseload of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions for each year since 2006. [23928/23]

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The table below shows the total number of prosecution files received by the Office of Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) from 2006 to 2021.

YEAR FILES
2006 14511
2007 14714
2008 16144
2009 16074
2010 15948
2011 16127
2012 15285
2013 13761
2014 14012
2015 14306
2016 13169
2017 13667
2018 14849
2019 15580
2020 17107
2021 18256
It should be noted that the numbers of prosecution files include different types of files including Direction files, District Court Appeals, High Court Bail Applications and District Court Representation files. I am informed also that the files received by the ODPP in more recent years involve more complicated and specialised prosecutions, frequent international co-operation and the management and review of significant volumes of data from digital devices. There are also increased demands arising from the enhanced legal rights of victims for information as provided for in the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime) Act 2017.

The figures for prosecution files does not include work undertaken by the ODPP in relation to other matters not directly related to criminal prosecution files such as requests for legal advice from the Garda Síochána, local state solicitors or other agencies, policy related matters or queries of a general nature.

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