John Gormley
Question:23 Mr. Gormley asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the disparity between Central Statistics Office crime survey statistics and Garda crime figures. [25120/99]
Vol. 512 No. 1
23 Mr. Gormley asked the Taoiseach if he will make a statement on the disparity between Central Statistics Office crime survey statistics and Garda crime figures. [25120/99]
The CSO included a range of questions on crime and victimisation in the September to November 1998 quarterly national household survey; and published the results on Tuesday, 23 November 1999.
The CSO's report contains estimates of the level of incidence of crime over a 12 month period and also includes statistics on how people perceive crime and safety in Ireland today. The report showed that crime had affected one in every eight households over the course of the previous year.