Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 February 2005
418 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the breakdown of crime figures in respect of robberies, motor offences, serious and violent crimes for County Meath in 2004; the way in which these figures compare with similar figures for 2003; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3463/05]
View answerI am informed by the Garda authorities that the Garda districts covering County Meath do not have the same administrative boundaries as the county, but that the number of headline offences recorded in the four Garda districts during 2003 and 2004 covering County Meath are as set out in the following table.
|
*2004 |
2003 |
|
|
Murder |
0 |
1 |
|
Manslaughter |
0 |
0 |
|
Rape of a Female |
12 |
11 |
|
Rape — Section 4 |
1 |
4 |
|
Aggravated Sexual Assault |
1 |
0 |
|
Aggravated Burglary |
4 |
6 |
|
Robbery of an Establishment/institution |
37 |
17 |
|
Robbery of Cash/Goods in Transit |
2 |
2 |
|
Robbery from the Person |
17 |
14 |
|
Other Headline Offences |
2,149 |
1,964 |
|
Total Headline Offences |
2,223 |
2,019 |
*Statistics for 2004 are provisional/operational and liable to change.
I am further informed that the numbers of road traffic proceedings commenced in the Garda division of Louth-Meath was 14,023 in 2003 and 11,097 in 2004. All statistics for 2004 are provisional and liable to change. Road traffic offence proceedings at district level are not readily available and could only be obtained through disproportional expenditure of Garda time and resources.
