Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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386. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of occasions in each of the past four years to date on which bail was granted in situations where An Garda Síochána objected to same on the grounds that those involved would offend or had previously been on bail in respect of a crime when committing an offence; the number of occasions where bail was refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53076/13]

Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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390. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of crimes committed by persons on bail in the past 12 months to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53080/13]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 386 and 390 together.

I am informed by the Garda authorities that the information requested by the Deputy regarding the number of occasions on which bail was granted in situations where An Garda Síochána objected to the granting of bail is not readily available and would require a disproportionate expenditure of Garda time and resources to compile.

Regarding the number of crimes committed by persons on bail, the Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office (CSO), as the national statistical agency, and the CSO has established a dedicated unit for this purpose.

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