asked the Minister for Justice the number of prosecutions for alcohol related offences for the last five years under the following categories; (a) total offences under the Intoxicating Liquor laws, (b) drunkenness included in (a); (c) sales of drink to persons under 18 years of age included in (a) and (d) drunken driving included in (a).
Written Answers. - Alcohol-Related Offences.
203.
The information sought is set out as follows:
|
1981 |
1982 |
1983 |
1984 |
1985 |
|
|
(a) Total number of prosecutions under the Intoxicating Liquor laws. |
16,020 |
17,429 |
17,584 |
20,187 |
19,711 |
|
(b) Number of prosecutions for drunkenness. |
5,827 |
5,870 |
5,392 |
5,368 |
5,865 |
|
(c) Number of prosecutions for supplying or selling drink to persons under 18 years. |
41 |
24 |
35 |
18 |
22 |
|
(d) No. of prosecutions for drinking-and-driving offences. (These proceedings are not included in (a) above as they are taken under the Road Traffic Acts and not under the Intoxicating Liquor laws.) |
7,780 |
9,213 |
10,197 |
9,408 |
8,219 |
204.
asked the Minister for Justice the number of drink and driving traffic offences in the last five years in the following categories: (a) over 21 male and female and (b) under 21 male and female.
The information sought is as follows:
|
Year |
No. of Persons Convicted |
|||
|
Under 21 |
21 and over |
|||
|
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
|
|
1981 |
305 |
7 |
5,599 |
142 |
|
1982 |
325 |
3 |
6,491 |
238 |
|
1983 |
379 |
10 |
6,670 |
256 |
|
1984 |
264 |
5 |
6,415 |
181 |
|
1985 |
275 |
6 |
5,986 |
224 |
205.
asked the Minister for Justice the action he proposes to take regarding the problem of cider drinking on the banks of the Royal and other canals in the Dublin area, which causes a grave nuisance to people in the surrounding area.
I am informed by the Garda authorities that 103 persons have been arrested and charged with drunkenness in the Phibsboro area so far this year.
They have informed me that they give constant attention to problems of drunkenness in the parks and on the canal banks and that the matter will continue to receive as much attention as possible.