Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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Question 372: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of section two and section three assaults which have occurred in Athlone over the past 12 months; and the way this compares to previous years. [27832/09]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I assume the Deputy is referring to sections 2 and 3 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997.

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.