Róisín Shortall (Dublin North West, Labour)
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Question 248: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the headline crime figures in respect of 2005, 2006, 2007 and to date in 2008 in the Garda districts covered by the Garda stations in Whitehall, Santry, Ballymun, and Finglas; and the details of the crimes recorded in the local area covered by these stations in these years with a breakdown by headline offence group and sub-group. [26319/08]

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 her.