Crime Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 March 2015

Tuesday, 24 March 2015

Questions (495, 496, 497)

Thomas P. Broughan

Question:

495. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 11 February 2015 in which she indicated that the Central Statistics Office would forward on the relevant information, if she will request the information from An Garda Síochána or the Courts Service; and if she will request that the Central Statistics Office be directed to report a more detailed breakdown of prosecutions, by type of offence. [11875/15]

Thomas P. Broughan

Question:

496. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 110 of 11 February 2015, which indicated that the Central Statistics Office would forward on the relevant information (details supplied), if she will request the information from An Garda Síochána or the Courts Service; and if she will request that the Central Statistics Office be directed to report a more detailed breakdown of prosecutions, by type of offence. [11876/15]

Thomas P. Broughan

Question:

497. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 330 and 331 of 24 February 2015 which indicated that the Central Statistics Office would forward on the relevant information (details supplied), if she will request the information from An Garda Síochána or the Courts Service; and if she will request that the Central Statistics Office be directed to report a more detailed breakdown of prosecutions, by type of offence. [11877/15]

Written answers

Minister for Justice and Equality

I propose to take Questions Nos. 495 to 497, inclusive, together.

The Deputy will appreciate that, as the CSO is the independent national statistical agency, the format of the recorded crime statistics which it publishes are matters for it to determine.

Crime statistics are derived from data (including PULSE data) which is transmitted by criminal justice agencies to the CSO. I understand that is not feasible to disaggregate the data along the lines sought by the Deputy.

Question No. 498 answered with Question No. 494.