538 Deputy George Lee asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of crimes recorded, broken down by category, in each county for every month from December 2007 to November 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48321/09]

The Garda Síochána Act 2005 makes provision for the compilation and publication of crime statistics by the Central Statistics Office, 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.