Emmet Stagg (Kildare North, Labour)
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Question 193: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform if he has received the statutory annual report of the Garda Commissioner as required by section 31 of the Criminal Justice (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 detailing his review of the operation of the Firearms Acts 1925 to 2009 for the firearms licensing period ending 31 July 2010 and if so when he intends to lay a copy of such report before each House of the Oireachtas; if he has not received the Commissioner's report, can he please inform the House of the following: when he expects to receive the report from the Garda Commissioner and the reason for the delay in the Commissioner submitting a report of statistical information which has been available since 31 July 2010. [41008/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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As the Deputy will appreciate, the changeover to the new licensing regime has been a significant project, involving not just legislative change and the associated project management and IT developments, but also a District level audit of all licensed firearms. I can inform the Deputy that approximately 200,000 new three year licences have been issued and that there has been a significant number of old, 1 year firearms certificates, cancelled. I expect to have the Commissioner's report when the process of collating and assessing data is finalised. I will then take the necessary steps in relation to it.