Gardaí responded to over 160 reports of crime at hospitals and healthcare facilities throughout Kerry over the past five years.
That’s according to figures provided by Minister Heather Humphreys, following a query in the Dáil recently.
The figures are from the Garda PULSE system and identify all reports of crime since the 1st of January 2018 at hospitals or healthcare facilities in Kerry.
They show that up until November 23rd this year, Gardaí responded to 25 such incidents in Kerry.
Last year, they responded to 33 incidents at hospitals and healthcare settings in Kerry, while there were 40 such reports responded to in 2020.
Gardaí in the Kerry Garda Division responded to 38 reports of crime at such locations in 2019 and 29 in 2018.
Nationally, over the past five years there were over 5,000 incidents of crime at hospitals responded to, with 1,052 so far this year.
The figures were provided by Minister Heather Humphreys following a query from Aontú TD for Meath West, Peadar Tóibín.
The exact details of the incidents involved weren’t provided.
