Criminal Prosecutions Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 November 2012

Tuesday, 27 November 2012

Questions (524)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn

Question:

524. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions for fraud and the number of convictions for fraud during each of the past ten years broken down by categories of offence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52815/12]

Written answers

Minister for Justice and Equality

The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), 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.