Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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Question 202: To ask the Minister for Justice and Law Reform the number of illegal fireworks seized over the Hallowe'en period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41814/10]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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I am informed by the Garda authorities that up to 2 November, 2010, the latest date for which figures are available, there were 164 seizures of fireworks with an estimated value of €59,316. These statistics are operational and liable to change.

I am further informed that during the Halloween period appropriate policing measures were put in place in every Garda Division and District as Operation Tombola. Operational orders were prepared in every Garda Region, in particular in the Dublin Metropolitan Region and Border Divisions, to prevent and, where necessary, detect the organised importation for sale of fireworks. Persons suspected of engaging in the importation, supply or sale of fireworks were identified and targeted, including by way of intelligence-led operations.