International Protection

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 June 2026

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Tuesday, 23 June 2026

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Carol Nolan

Question:

95. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach further to his Parliamentary Question No. 191 of 9 June 2026, to confirm the fact that the international protection status of individuals who commit crime is not recorded means that neither the CSO nor the Government have any awareness or means of ascertaining whether international protection applicants are committing criminal offences to a greater or lesser degree than the wider population. [47220/26]

Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach

Referred to CSO for answer

The quarterly PULSE extract that the CSO receives from An Garda Siochana, and which is the basis for the CSO quarterly recorded crime statistics, does not include the international protection status of suspected offenders.

The Garda Commissioner is operationally responsible for Garda PULSE data.

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