Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 528: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of criminal convictions that were recorded for the year 2010, or the last year for which figures are available, or the last 12-month period for which the figures are available. [22353/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Following the submission in 2004 of a report and recommendations by an expert group on crime statistics, it was decided that the compilation and publication of crime statistics should be taken over by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, from An Garda Síochána. The Garda Síochána Act 2005 consequently makes provision for this and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. Following the setting up of the necessary technical systems and auditing of the data from which the statistics are compiled, the CSO is now compiling, publishing and responding to queries regarding recorded crime statistics.

I have requested the CSO to provide statistics directly to the Deputy.

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 529: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality, of the criminal convictions recorded of those were recorded on a summary trial - that is, a judge-only, no-jury trial. [22354/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The management and administration of the courts including responsibility for maintaining court statistics is a matter for the Courts Service.

However, I have had enquiries made and the Service has informed me that 498, 672 criminal offences were disposed of in the District Court in 2010. Of those, 70,200 were indictable offences that were dealt with summarily.

The outcomes in relation to the cases are available in the Courts Service Annual Report 2010 at www.courts.ie. The Courts Service has informed me that the various outcomes recorded do not differentiate between summary cases and indictable cases dealt with summarily.