Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I did not get a reply from the Deputy with the information I asked the Deputy for. I will send my request to the Deputy again.

On the point the Deputy made about the classification of crime, it is clearly a concern. As I explained to the justice committee yesterday, I have been working. The CSO has been examining these issues. I met the CSO. I invited its representatives to meet me. It is an independent body. Two years ago the Garda Inspectorate brought out and commented on the Garda statistics. There is a process in place and there are improvements in the reports this year in regard to the crime figures and their accuracy, as the CSO has said. There is work to be done. Every international police force has an issue with crime reporting. There are concerns about it. The circumstances are improving and the CSO is overseeing it.

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