Crime Levels

Wednesday, 26 May 2010

Questions (181)

Richard Bruton

Question:

193 Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of crimes broken down by category carried out in an area (details supplied) in 2009 and to date in 2010; the detection rates; the number of successful convictions recorded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22135/10]

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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 statistics directly to the Deputy.