I remind Deputies that their lack of co-operation will ensure at least three Deputies will not make the cut for Questions on Policy or Legislation. I call Deputy O'Flynn.

I would like to be associated with the words of welcome. I assure the Taoiseach that I will be shouting for Cork and I always shout for Cork in this House. Yesterday's Courts Service reports reveal a 13.6% increase in new sexual offences cases, a figure that all of us in this House should be deeply concerned about. Ireland's population at approximately 5.4 million, almost a decade ahead of the earlier demographic projections, shows that our justice system remains starkly opaque. We do not publish anonymised data on nationality or immigration status of individuals convicted of serious crimes, including sexual or violent crimes. This data is collected and collated but is withheld from public scrutiny. In the United Kingdom, it is known that one in four sex crimes are committed by foreign nationals, according to Women's Safety Initiative and The Daily Telegraph. Will the Government implement legislation similar to that in the United Kingdom, Denmark and the rest of the European Union for the collation and distribution of the data?

Everything has to be evidence-based. The Deputy's assertions-----

Can you not publish?

The biggest major research into sexual abuse in this country was done nearly two decades ago and was quite revealing. It was not revealing in terms of race or anything like that. It was revealing in terms of the prevalence of abuse across the country. One can argue that was earlier, but it still continues.

One can look at all of the inquiries we have had. We had one into institutional abuse in industrial schools and we have just announced today a commission of inquiry into sexual abuse in all primary and second level schools. By definition, given the historical timeframe for that inquiry, it is not a race focused thing.

Will you publish the data?

Deputy, please.

Get my point. We need to-----

Will you publish the data and prove me wrong?

Deputy, your time is up.

We do need-----

Prove me wrong.

I do not have to prove you wrong. I just told you-----

Publish the data then. Why not publish it?

The time is up please. Deputy, you have asked your question.

I mentioned what happened in industrial schools and in schools, in terms of other institutional settings-----

The time is up on that one.

-----long before there was any modern sort of increase in terms of different nationalities coming into the country.