Written answers

Thursday, 17 April 2008

Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform

Crime Statistics

5:00 pm

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 587: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of crimes committed by prisoners on bail in each of the past five years; the number of such incidents deemed to be serious crimes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14455/08]

Photo of Bernard DurkanBernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 588: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of incidents whereby prisoners on bail for serious crime, including gun crime, have committed further offences in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14456/08]

Photo of Brian Lenihan JnrBrian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 587 and 588 together.

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.

I have requested the CSO to provide the statistics sought by the Deputy directly to him.

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