Paul Gogarty (Dublin Mid West, Green Party)
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Question 142: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will provide a yearly breakdown in crime figures in relation to Clare over the past three years. [25124/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Following the submission 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. I have requested the CSO to provide the statistics sought by the Deputy directly to him.