Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Armed Robberies.
- Armed robbery losses and recoveries 10 speeches
Fitzpatrick asks about money stolen and recovered in 1976, requests 1975 figures, and challenges the low recovery rate; the Minister says recoveries remain small but investigations continue and lacks 1975 figures. Collins asks whether the mail-train robbery is included if it occurred in 1976.
Tom J. Fitzpatrick, Patrick Mark Cooney, Gerard Collins
- Mail train security 5 speeches
Collins argues that proper guarding would have prevented the mail-train robbery. The Minister says it occurred in 1975 and calls Collins’s claim a matter of opinion.
Gerard Collins, Seán Treacy, Patrick Mark Cooney
(Dublin Central) asked the Minister for Justice the amount of money stolen in armed robberies during 1976 in (a) Dublin city and (b) the country as a whole; and if he will state the portion of these amounts which has been recovered.
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Particulars of the amount of money reported stolen in armed robberies during 1976 and the amount recovered are as follows:—
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(Dublin Central): Would the Minister agree that in proportion the amount of money recovered is exceptionally small?
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The amount recovered so far is a small proportion in relation to the total sum stolen. We hope more will be recovered as investigations into the crimes continue.
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(Dublin Central): Would the Minister agree it is because of the lack of a proper police force in making these investigations that the amount of money recovered is so small?
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The Minister mentioned a sum of £627,000. Does that include the amount of money taken from the mail train?
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Would the Minister agree, if the mail train had been guarded as it should have been guarded, that sum would not be included because the robbery would not have happened.
