Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 April 2008
412 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of cases of fines being issued for lack of motor insurance and for lack of a certificate of road worthiness in the most recent year for which statistics are available; if he is satisfied with the level of compliance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13153/08]
View answerFollowing the submission in 2004 of a report and recommendations by an expert group on crime statistics, it was decided that the compilation and publication of crime statistics should be taken over by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, from the Garda Síochána. The Garda Síochána Act 2005 consequently makes provision for this and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. Following the setting up of the necessary technical systems and auditing of the data from which the statistics are compiled, the CSO is now compiling and publishing criminal statistics and has published provisional headline crime statistics since the third quarter of 2006. I have requested the CSO to provide the statistics sought by the Deputy directly to him.
