77 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Justice the crime statistics for each Garda sub-district in the Dublin area and the total number and category of crimes recorded and detected for the years 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986 and 1991; if he has satisfied himself with the performance of the Garda in combating crime; and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Statistics on recorded indictable crime are compiled by the Garda authorities on a divisional basis. In the Dublin Metropolitan Area there are five divisions and information in relation to recorded indictable crime in each of these divisions is published in the Garda Commissioner's Annual Report on Crime, copies of which are available in the Oireachtas Library. A breakdown on a sub-district basis is not readily available and could only be obtained by the expenditure of a disproportionate amount of Garda time and resources.