Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 845: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the details of the headline crime figures in respect of the years 2002 to date in 2008 in the Garda districts covered by the Garda stations (details supplied); the details of all crimes recorded in the local area covered by the stations in these with a breakdown by headline offences group and sub group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27612/08]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 848: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of robberies and burglaries reported in a Garda division (details supplied) in the years 2002 to date in 2008; the number that were solved and unsolved; the number of people prosecuted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27615/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 845 and 848 together.

The figures for headline offences, including burglary and robbery offences, recorded for each Garda Division in 2002 are available in the Garda Annual Report for that year, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas library.

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.

The CSO has compiled and published a series of quarterly and annual statistics for the period starting with the first quarter of 2003.

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