495. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of enforcement actions, seizures or prosecutions taken by Gardaí against unlicensed gaming activities in licensed premises, such as pubs, in each of the years in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [52721/26]

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, which includes all operational policing matters. The Commissioner is independent in his functions under Section 34 of the Act.

I have been advised by Garda authorities that further to a search of the PULSE database, under the incident type "Liquor License Inspection of Premises", there were 15,653 inspections carried out nationwide during 2024 and 15,807 such inspections carried out nationwide during 2025.

However, no proceedings (charge/summons) under the Gaming and Lotteries Act 1956 were initiated during the 2024/2025 period.