Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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Question 168: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on introducing a regulation system to control the purchase and sale of metals in view of the high value involved in these products and the increasing crime levels involving the theft of same. [29123/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment is responsible for matters relating to commerce, business and the operation of efficient and competitive markets. An Garda Síochána enforce the provisions of the criminal law in respect of theft and robbery, including theft and robbery of metal.

Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 169: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the increase in headline crime for the past five years for Garda divisions in Dublin north, Dublin north central and Dublin west. [29137/07]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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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 the 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 and publishing criminal statistics and has published provisional headline crime statistics since the third quarter of 2006. In addition, it has compiled and published a series of quarterly and annual statistics for the period starting with the first quarter of 2003. I understand that the CSO are examining how the crime statistics published might be expanded and made more comprehensive. I have requested the CSO to provide the statistics sought by the Deputy directly to her.