Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 11 June 2026
251. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people arrested during the visits of the British Queen, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Volodymyr Zelenskyy. [44789/26]
View answerThe Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of Garda business, including all investigative and operational policing matters, under Section 33 of the Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024. This includes bringing criminals to justice, including by detecting and investigating crime, as provided for in Section 9 of the Act.
An Garda Síochána records details of crime incidents on a central database (PULSE). This facilitates categorisation into various incident categories and crime types. I am informed by Garda authorities that while it would be possible to provide a count of arrests recorded nationwide during defined date ranges, Garda authorities are not in a position to provide a figure for the number of arrests directly linked with the State visits referenced by the Deputy.
