Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 247: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform his views on establishing a Dublin divisional bike theft unit to attempt to reduce the number of bicycles which are stolen in the capital each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38609/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I refer to the Deputy's Parliamentary Questions number 967 & 990 of 24th September 2008 in which I outlined the measures put in place by the Garda authorities to target this type of criminality.

I am advised by the Garda authorities that this type of crime is best addressed and targeted by Divisional and District management teams, as local crime trends can be monitored and appropriate crime prevention and detection initiatives can be put in place. An analysis of this type of criminality was carried out on a national level and it was decided that this can be dealt with through existing Divisional and District resources without the establishment of dedicated units on a national, regional or divisional basis.