Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 October 2025
275. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide the most recent figures available from the central statistics office or his Department setting out, on a proportional basis, the number of recorded sexual assault offences across the State by the nationality of persons convicted or charged with such offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54437/25]
View answerThe collation and publication of crime stats are a matter for the Central Statistics Office (CSO). The CSO is the national statistics agency, established under the Statistics Act 1993. Under section 13 of the Statistics Act 1993, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) is fully independent in its role of publishing statistics, and the standards applied to these statistics.
Further to this, the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána under section 33 of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024. This includes all operational policing and security matters, including the analysis of crime trends. Furthermore, under section 34(1) of the Policing Security and Community Safety Act 2024, the Garda Commissioner is independent in the performance of his functions. I have no responsibility in relation to these independent functions.
The CSO has confirmed that it does not currently receive any nationality data on victims or suspected offenders within the quarterly PULSE extract that it receives from An Garda Síochána.
I am advised by the Garda authorities that they are currently aligned with the CSO position whereby PULSE data regarding nationality and ethnicity are not considered suitable for publication.
