Criminal Prosecutions

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 20 June 2012

Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Ceisteanna (112)

Robert Dowds

Ceist:

109 Deputy Robert Dowds asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide figures, in tabular form, of the total number of investigations, prosecutions and successful convictions for each of the following offences in years 2003 to 2011, inclusive, falsification of accounts, offences under the companies act, offences under the Investment Intermediaries Act, money laundering, embezzlement, corruption involving public office holders with three separate tables setting out the figures for investigations, prosecutions and convictions respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29938/12]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Justice and Equality (Deputy Alan Shatter)

The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. I have requested the CSO to provide relevant statistics directly to the Deputy.

I am also informed by my colleague the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation that information in relation to investigations, prosecutions and successful convictions for offences under the Companies Acts 1963-2009, for the years 2003 to 2011 inclusive, are available in the Annual Reports of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement for those years. The relevant Annual Reports have been laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas and are also available on the website of the Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement atwww.odce.ie/en/media_general_publications.aspx.