Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 170: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of crimes committed by persons using legally held hand guns and the number committed by those using illegally held hand guns in each of the past five years to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7880/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I understand from the Garda Authorities that records indicate approximately 1,800 handguns have been licensed since the beginning of 2004 and that 31 have been stolen in that period. I am further advised that stolen firearms are used in the course of the commission of other criminal offences but, because not all stolen firearms or firearms used in the commission of offences are recovered, it is not possible to say precisely how many formerly legally held handguns have been used in criminal offences.

Question No. 171 answered with Question No. 166.

Question No. 172 answered with Question No. 164.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 173: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of break-ins reported by householders in north Kildare in each of the past five years to date in 2009; the extent of recovery of the stolen goods; the number of prosecutions taken; the number of convictions or case dismissals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7883/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, 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.

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 174: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of break-in robberies under investigation in the towns of Leixlip, Celbridge, Maynooth , Kilcock, Clane and Naas, County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7884/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, 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.