Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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523. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if the nationality of all persons charged, summonsed and who receive an adult caution, is recorded on the Garda Pulse system. [5556/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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The Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business under Section 26 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), which includes all operational policing matters and the administration of the PULSE system. As Minister, I have no role in decisions related to the information recorded on PULSE.

I am advised by the Garda authorities that where information on a person's nationality is known it is generally recorded as part of their PULSE record. The Central Statistics office is responsible for compiling and publishing recorded crime statistics and I understand it is not their practice to compile statistics on nationality or ethnicity.

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