Prison Service

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 July 2023

Tuesday, 11 July 2023

Questions (98)

Francis Noel Duffy

Question:

98. Deputy Francis Noel Duffy asked the Taoiseach if a geographic breakdown of the origin of repeat offenders exists and if so, if he will supply this data. [33914/23]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach (Deputy Hildegarde Naughton)

The Central Statistics Office compiles official statistics on Prison and Probation Reoffendingon an annual basis. The CSO does not publish reoffending statistics classified by the geographical origin of repeat offenders. Information relating to the origin of an individual such as their original nationality, citizenship or birth location within Ireland is not available from the Irish Prison or Probation Service or Garda PULSE data that CSO use to compile the reoffending estimates. The Prison and Probation Reoffending series provides statistics on the number of individuals that are convicted of reoffending within one and three years of release from custody or probation, classified by both personal and justice related characteristics including offence type, reoffending offence type and dwelling location at the time of release or probation, as recorded by The Irish Prison or Probation Service. Table 1.3 (Prison reoffending, 2019) and Table 2.2 (Probation reoffending, 2018) below provides the most recent statistics of the one-year reoffending rates of individuals classified by their county of residence at the time of their release or probation supervision. Statistics of one-year reoffending rates for individuals released from custody in 2020 is scheduled for publication shortly (11th July 2023) and Probation reoffending estimates for 2019 are scheduled for publication in November 2023.

Table 1.3 Individuals released from custody classified by 1-year re-offending indicator and county 1 , 2019

				Re-offence within one year	Re-offending2 rate
Regional Authority Area/County	Yes	No	Total		%
State	1,794	2,232	4,026		44.6
Border	68	108	176		38.6
Cavan	19	29	48		39.6
Donegal	13	28	41		31.7
Leitrim	8	8	16		50.0
Monaghan	21	19	40		52.5
Sligo	7	24	31		22.6
Dublin	627	835	1,462		42.9
Mid-East	152	244	396		38.4
Kildare	46	71	117		39.3
Louth	39	51	90		43.3
Meath	34	74	108		31.5
Wicklow	33	48	81		40.7
Midland	97	119	216		44.9
Laois	30	45	75		40.0
Longford	23	14	37		62.2
Offaly	17	24	41		41.5
Westmeath	27	36	63		42.9
Mid-West	198	204	402		49.3
Clare	41	51	92		44.6
Limerick	101	104	205		49.3
Tipperary	56	49	105		53.3
South-East	134	148	282		47.5
Carlow	29	28	57		50.9
Kilkenny	22	20	42		52.4
Waterford	37	37	74		50.0
Wexford	46	63	109		42.2
South-West	281	255	536		52.4
Cork	234	220	454		51.5
Kerry	47	35	82		57.3
West	79	110	189		41.8
Galway	57	71	128		44.5
Mayo	9	22	31		29.0
Roscommon	13	17	30		43.3

1 Offenders with addresses outside the jurisdiction are not included in this analysis at county or regional level but are included in the state figure.

2 See background notes.

Table 2.2 Probation re-offending rate by regional authority area and county of residence of offender 1 , 2018

			Re-offence within one year	Re-offending2 rate
Regional Authority Area/County	Yes	No	Total	%
State	1,355	3,644	4,999	27
Border	112	371	483	23
Cavan	44	122	166	27
Donegal	25	131	156	16
Leitrim	3	12	15	20
Monaghan	24	73	97	25
Sligo	16	33	49	33
Dublin	432	1103	1,535	28
Mid-East	94	363	457	21
Kildare	23	97	120	15
Louth	29	108	137	29
Meath	11	45	56	31
Wicklow	31	113	144	26
Midland	85	265	350	28
Laois	27	68	95	29
Longford	25	66	91	28
Offaly	13	67	80	27
Westmeath	20	64	84	28
Mid-West	177	415	592	34
Clare	35	88	123	31
Limerick	100	203	303	32
Tipperary	42	124	166	39
South-East	151	401	552	28
Carlow	27	76	103	22
Kilkenny	43	98	141	33
Waterford	46	98	144	27
Wexford	35	129	164	29
South-West	227	474	701	34
Cork	215	423	638	34
Kerry	12	51	63	29
West	76	242	318	23
Galway	53	141	194	30
Mayo	12	58	70	10
Roscommon	11	43	54	12

1 Offenders with addresses outside the jurisdiction are not included in this analysis.

2 See background notes.