Patrick Costello (Dublin South Central, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 8:

In page 24, between lines 28 and 29, to insert the following: “(j) keep accurate records of statistical information concerning offences, criminal proceedings and the state of crime in the State.”.

One of the frustrations I am sure everyone on this committee and Members beyond it have felt when asking parliamentary questions about particular incidents or issues is that we are frequently told “We do not have the numbers on that” or “We can’t get the numbers on that”. Time and time again, we had witnesses before this committee talking about the importance of disaggregated statistics and the need to improve statistics. This amendment is about inserting that to try to make that recommendation of numerous witnesses part of the legislation.