Dublin City Council staff have faced 166 physical assaults from January 2018 to August 2022.
Figures released under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 also show there have been 197 instances of Dublin City Council staff being verbally assaulted during the same period. The number of such cases recorded by DCC is far greater than the other three Dublin local authorities.
South Dublin County Council did not release figures regarding physical assaults on staff, but said there were 49 instances of verbal assault between January 2018 and November 2022. During the same period, Fingal County Council recorded 41 verbal assaults, ten physical assaults and nine physical and verbal assaults on staff.
