Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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119. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the number of crimes reported to An Garda Síochána has fluctuated over the past eight years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3442/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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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 the available statistical information setting out crime trends over the years in question directly to the Deputy and can assure him that all such trends are monitored on an ongoing basis by the Garda authorities, and that I am in regular contact with the Garda Commissioner in relation to the development of effective law enforcement responses accordingly.