Tom Brabazon
Question:559. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice the number of prosecutions for dog fouling in each of the four Dublin local authorities in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [15437/25]
View answerTuesday, 1 April 2025
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Prosecutions are a matter for the Director of Prosecutions, who is fully independent in her functions. As Minister, I have no role in the operations, functions, governance or oversight of the Office of the DPP and I am unable to provide any information or statistics relating to the Director's work as a result.
Additionally, management of the courts, along with related 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 through the separation of powers in the Constitution.
The Courts Service has a dedicated email address for the provision of information to members of the Houses of the Oireachtas: oireachtasenquiries@courts.ie.
To be of assistance to the Deputy I have referred his question to the Courts Service for reply. They have informed me that there have been no prosecutions in Dublin for the time period requested using the offence codes for the specific offence. However, prosecutors may have used “free text” codes against which the Court Service cannot report.