Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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540. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has considered introducing legislation to regulate the cash for gold outlets in view of the increase in burglaries and the amount of gold being stolen and sold on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49558/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I published a report in June, 2012 on the criminal justice aspects of the cash for gold trade. The Report prepared by my Department is available on www.justice.ie. I requested the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Equality and Defence to consider the content of the report, to ensure that it obtains the views of all relevant interested parties and that it makes such report and recommendations to the Houses of the Oireachtas and to Government as it deems proportionate and appropriate in the public interest. I received the Committee's response on 30 May, 2013, and it is currently under consideration.

The Deputy might also note that the latest CSO figures show that burglary offences decreased by 8.9%, continuing the trend observed since the introduction of Operation Fiacla.