Crime Levels.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 November 2008

Tuesday, 11 November 2008

Questions (278)

Róisín Shortall

Question:

357 Deputy Róisín Shortall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the increase in headline crime for the past five years to date for Garda divisions in Dublin North, Dublin North Central and Dublin West. [39493/08]

Written answers

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Deputy Dermot Ahern)

The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose.

I have requested the CSO to provide the statistics sought by the Deputy directly to her.