Róisín Shortall
Ceist:126 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions in each of the past three years for driving a stolen vehicle; and the numbers of these which involve minors. [12242/02]
Vol. 552 No. 2
126 Ms Shortall asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of prosecutions in each of the past three years for driving a stolen vehicle; and the numbers of these which involve minors. [12242/02]
I am informed by the Garda authorities that statistics are not compiled in such a way as to provide information on the number of prosecutions for driving a stolen vehicle and the number of those which involved minors. The following table indicates the number of unauthorised takings from 1998 to 2000:
Year |
No. of Unauthorised Takings |
1998 |
13,793 |
1999 |
14,851 |
2000 |
15,964 |