Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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299. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of fireworks seized under Operation Tombola, by county. [45715/24]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy is aware, each year in the run-up to Halloween, additional efforts are made by An Garda Síochána to combat the illegal importation, sale and use of fireworks, under what is known as Operation Tombola which is a national operation.

I am informed by An Garda Síochána that there have been 172 seizures of fireworks objects nationally under Operation Tombola this year up to 4 November. The regional breakdown of seizures is set out in the table below.

I am advised that a single object record in PULSE can refer to multiple fireworks, so the actual count of fireworks may be higher than the PULSE count of objects and that a further breakdown to Garda Divisional level is not possible.