Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 96: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the theft from vehicle crime statistics for the Garda R district of the Dublin region for the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011; the number of persons arrested and charged to date; the number of convictions secured to date; the additional steps gardaí in this district are taking to tackle same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31689/11]

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. Garda management keeps under constant review enforcement strategies for tackling theft from vehicles and adjusts those strategies as necessary in the light of developments.