Tony Gregory (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 442: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the reason for the discrepancy in the figures given for burglaries in the reply to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 316 of 8 February 2006 and 202 of 1 March 2006. [16155/06]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The statistics provided in the answers to the Parliamentary Questions detailed by the Deputy are not comparable.

The headline group burglary offences is made up of the four offences of burglary, aggravated burglary, forcible entry and occupation (not burglary) and possession of an article (burglary or theft).

The reply provided to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 1 March, 2006 showed the figures for the headline group burglary offences (four offences) for the individual Garda Districts in the Dublin Metropolitan Region for 2005. The reply to Parliamentary Question No. 316 of 8 February, 2006 provided the figure for the single offence of burglary (not the headline group) in each of the Garda Districts requested.