Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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1938. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons arrested for the offence of fraud in each county in the State, in the past year. [41134/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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The Government is committed to taking measures to combat and prevent fraud and cybercrime. There is close cooperation across the whole of Government on this issue, including between An Garda Síochána and the National Cyber Security Centre.

I urge anyone conducting sensitive or personal business online or over the phone to be very cautious when providing personal or banking information. Many of the financial institutions have excellent advice for customers on how to be safe online, as does the Citizens’ Information website.

All members of An Garda Síochána can investigate crimes of a fraudulent nature and many members throughout the country have received specialist training in this area of crime investigation.

In that context reports should be made in the first instance to local Garda stations. The Garda National Economic Crime Bureau (GNECB) is a specialist Bureau within An Garda Síochána that investigates the more serious and complex cases of economic crime, and cases which are deemed unsuitable for local attention are forwarded to that section for investigation. The Bureau also provides assistance to local investigations.

I am advised by An Garda Síochána that the below table outlines the number of arrests where the arrest reason was given as ‘Fraud/Economic Crime’ by Garda Region and Division during 2024:

All information contained above is based upon operational data and is liable to change.