Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)

Question 5: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on the figures contained in the recent Garda report for 2005 which shows a further increase in the number of headline offences; his further views on whether taken together with the provisional figures for the first quarter of 2006, the report shows a worrying deterioration in crime; the action he intends to take arising from the increase in the number of serious crimes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22154/06]

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