Seán Kenny (Dublin North East, Labour)
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Question 384: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of fireworks seized by gardaí to date in 2011; the monetary value of the fireworks seized; the number of persons arrested and charged for possession of fireworks to date; the number of successful convictions secured to date; if he will provide same for 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33304/11]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The table sets out the estimated value of fireworks seized for the years 2008 to 2011 (to date):

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, accordingly, requested the CSO to provide statistics in relation to arrests, charges and convictions directly to the Deputy.