asked the Minister for Justice the total number of cars stolen during the first six months of 1985.
Written Answers. - Car Theft Statistics.
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Limerick East): It is assumed that the question is intended to include cars taken without the owners consent even though this is not stealing in the legal sense.
The total number of larcenies of motor vehicles (which term, of course, includes cars, motor cycles, vans etc.) in the State for the first six months of 1985 was 510. In addition, there were 8,515 unauthorised takings of motor vehicles during the same period. These figures represent a significant decrease on the figures for the same period in 1984 which were 633 and 9,622 respectively. A breakdown of the number of cars included in these figures is not available. In all cases classified as "unauthorised takings" the vehicles involved were recovered. The figures qouted are provisional.