Mattie McGrath (Tipperary South, Independent)
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1270. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of accused and convicted offenders in Irish courts who are legal and illegal immigrants, respectively in comparison to the number of Irish-born such accused and offenders from 2015 to 2024 and to date in 2025, per capita percentage for each category. in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58217/25]

Jim O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay South, Fianna Fail)
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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 the Constitution.

The collation of data on convictions is a function of the courts.

The Courts Service has a dedicated email address for the provision of information to members of the Houses of the Oireachtas: oireachtasenquiries@courts.ie

I understand that the Courts Service does not hold any information on the nationality of persons before the Courts as it is not a relevant factor in court proceedings. For this reason, the nationality of the accused is not supplied to the Courts by the Prosecutors.

Furthermore, the Central Statistics Office is responsible for compiling and publishing recorded crime statistics. I understand it is not their practice to compile statistics on nationality or ethnicity.

Further information is available at:

www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-rqcs/reviewofthequalityofrecordedcrimestatistics2023/userneedsforrecordedcrimestatistics/