Departmental Data

Thursday, 25 September 2025

Questions (319)

Ken O'Flynn

Question:

319. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of investigations, prosecutions, and convictions in the past five years relating to the use of false identity or employer documentation to obtain residential leases later used for the purpose of brothel-keeping; the outcomes of such cases under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking) Act 2008, and the Criminal Justice (Theft and Fraud Offences) Act 2001; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50927/25]

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Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

I have contacted An Garda Síochána and the Central Statistics Office and been informed that the data requested by the Deputy is not available.

While investigations into illegal or alleged illegal activity are an operational matter for An Garda Síochána, I am informed by the Garda authorities that there is no specific incident type available in their PULSE system to capture one description referenced - ie 'the use of false identity or employer documentation for the purpose of securing leases later used for brother-keeping'. For a similar reason, the Court Service has advised it is unable to provide the data requested.

The Garda authorities has, however, provided a count of prosecutions for the offence of Brothel Keeping, and that is included here. A breakdown is not available below national level due to low volumes.

Charge Year	Charges
2020	10
2021	15
2022	< 10
2023	< 10
2024	34
2025*	16

* to 15th Sep 2025