144. Deputy Patrick O'Donovan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality to detail the number of prosecutions gardaí in the Garda division of Limerick have made against persons whose car exhausts exceed the maximum noise levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19771/14]

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.