John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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Question 812: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when he will supply the information regarding outstanding bench warrants that was first requested by this Deputy in Parliamentary Questions Nos. 671 and 672 of 21 March 2006 and which was repeated in Parliamentary Questions Nos. 391 of 5 July 2006, 203 of 6 February 2007, 228 and 229 of 14 May 2008 and 415 of 27 May 2008; the reason this information has not been supplied since it was first requested more than two years ago; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27101/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that the following tables show the number of bench, committal and penal warrants unexecuted in each Garda Division and in each Garda District in the Waterford/Kilkenny Division as at 5 February, 2007.

The statistics provided for the DMR North Central Division include all bench, committal and penal warrants issued by the criminal courts, Dublin 7 and Kilmainham District Court, which are forwarded to the Bridewell Garda station for recording purposes.

The delay in providing this information, which required a considerable amount of research, to the Deputy is regretted.

I am further informed that the information requested in the Deputy's Parliamentary Questions Nos 228 and 229 of 14 May, 2008 and 415 of 27 May, 2008 has to be manually collated and subjected to a verification process. The Garda authorities are currently in the process of collating and verifying the information sought. I will be in contact with the Deputy when the information is to hand.