Nicky McFadden (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 248: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of incidences of farm-related crime, including theft of machinery, oil and cattle rustling, reported to the Garda on a county basis in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21514/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Following the submission in 2004 of a report and recommendations by an expert group on crime statistics, it was decided that the compilation and publication of crime statistics should be taken over by the Central Statistics Office, as the national statistical agency, from An Garda Síochána. The Garda Síochána Act 2005 consequently makes provision for this, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose. Following the setting up of the necessary technical systems and auditing of the data from which the statistics are compiled, the CSO is now compiling, publishing and responding to queries regarding recorded crime statistics.

I have requested the CSO to provide statistics directly to the Deputy.