Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 May 2023
549. Deputy Patrick Costello asked the Minister for Justice the number of firearms offences [seizures, discharging, possession or theft from a legal holder] over the past ten years, broken down by district and offence, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24474/23]
View answerI am informed by An Garda Síochána that the only incidents requested by the Deputy recorded on PULSE are discharging a firearm and possession of a firearm. I am further advised that it is not possible to provide the Deputy with a breakdown of offences at a District level as there is not a sufficient volume of incidents recorded in order to report at this level.
The Deputy may find it useful to review the data on firearms offences available at a Divisional level from Q1 2003 to Q4 2022 on the CSO website at the following link data.cso.ie/table/CJQ06.
