1154. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of alcohol test licensing inspections on bars, clubs, supermarkets and so on, that were carried out by gardaí within R district of DMR in 2023 and to-date in 2024 to ensure full compliance of Alcohol Licensing Regulations, in tabular form; and the frequency with which these inspections are carried out within the district. [35200/24]

Helen McEntee, Minister for Justice: As the Deputy will be aware, in accordance with the Garda Síochána Act 2005 (as amended), the Garda Commissioner is responsible for the management and administration of An Garda Síochána, including all operational policing matters. As Minister, I have no role in such matters.

However, to be of assistance I sought the information requested by the Deputy from An Garda Síochána and have been advised that during 2023 and to-date in 2024 there were fewer than ten reported incidents each year of ‘alcohol test licencing inspections' in bars, clubs, supermarkets within the DMR R district.

I am informed by the Garda authorities that inspections of licensed premises, during which no Offence is identified, are recorded on PULSE under incident type 'Liquor Licensing Inspection of Premises No Offence Disclosed'. Where an offence is detected, it is recorded under the appropriate incident type. Data was drawn down for the R District, querying both incident type 'Liquor Licensing Inspection of Premises No Offence Disclosed' and a number of other relevant incident types (e.g. Test Purchasing of Intoxicating Liquor).

As the data set falls below the threshold of 10 incidents in each year, the Garda authorities are not in a position to provide this data for data protection reasons.

I am informed that the above information is based on a search of the PULSE database. Information is operational and subject to change.