I published a report in June, 2012 on the criminal justice aspects of the cash for gold trade. The Report prepared by my Department is available on www.justice.ie. I requested the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Equality and Defence to consider the content of the report, to ensure that it obtains the views of all relevant interested parties and that it makes such report and recommendations to the Houses of the Oireachtas and to Government as it deems proportionate and appropriate in the public interest. I received the Committee's response on 30 May, 2013, and it is currently under consideration.
The Deputy might also note that the latest CSO figures show that burglary offences decreased by 8.9%, continuing the trend observed since the introduction of Operation Fiacla.