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to his legal responsibility. The
proposition to be maintained is
that in each of these situations
there is recklessness for legal
purposes. Simple ignorance is
not
enough
to
displace
recklessness. It is only where
the actor's mind is filled with
mistaken knowledge that the act
is not reckless (though it may be
negligent)
as
to
t hat
circumstance."
CAR V ANDA L I SM
Mr. Currie asked the Minister for
Justice in the Dáil on May 30 1990,
399
Dail Debates,
cols 814-15, the
number of cars reported stolen or
broken into in each year for the past
ten years; the number in each year
in Dublin city and county; the
estimated cost of such crime in this
period; and if he will make a
statement on the matter. The
Minister for Justice, Mr. Burke,
replied that the information sought,
in so far as it is readily available,
was set out in a tabular statement.
It was assumed that the question
was intended to include vehicles
taken without the owner's consent
even t hough this does not
constitute stealing in the strict legal
sense. Information in relation to the
cost of the crimes in question was
not readily available and could not
be compiled without the expendi-
ture of Garda time and effort to an
extent t hat wou ld not be
warranted.
The following is the table:
Larcenies from unattended
vehicles for years 1980-89.
Dublin Metro- Country as a
politan Area
Whole
Year
Recorded
Recorded
1980
11,072
14,729
1981
13,976
18,159
1982
15,761
2 0 , 5 23
1983
14,999
19,434
1984
13,727
17,953
1985
11,155
15,049
1986
10,767
14,638
1987
12,092
15,749
1988
14,705
18,640
1989*
13,682
18,399
* Figures for 1989 are provisional.
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P ERSONAL I N J URY A C T I ONS
Mr. Enright asked the Minister for
Finance, Mr. A. Reynolds, in the Dail
on June 27 1990, 400
Dáii
Debates,
col. 1064, if he would
outline (a) the tax consequences of
structured settlements in personal
injury actions in view of the
changes to the
Finance Act,
1990,
arising out of the Dunne case, (b)
the potential liability of a plaintiff to
pay income tax on the whole or any
part of the sums paid to him by the
casualty insurer pursuant to a
structured settlement agreement
and (c) if his attention had been
d r awn to the f act t hat the
Association of British Insurers had
recently agreed with the United
Kingdom Inland Revenue that
structured settlements can be
provided in the United Kingdom in
such a way that the liability to
income tax which had previously
been assumed to apply, does not
arise; and if he would make a
statement on the matter.
The Minister for Finance replied
that he was aware of an agreement
between the Association of British
Insurers and the United Kingdom
Inland Revenue in relation to
structured settlements. He said
that his understanding was that
structured settlements do not exist
in this country at present. The
question of the tax treatment of
such settlements, if introduced,
had been raised w i t h
his
Department by representatives of
the insurance industry and the
ma t t er was cu r r en t ly under
examination.
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Vehicles subject of Lerceny end Unauthorised Talcing for years 1980-89.
Dublin Metropolitan Area
Country as a Whole
Number of
Number of
Number of
Vehicles
Number of
Vehicles
Vehicles
Subject to
Vehicles
Subject to
Subject of Unauthorised
Subject of Unauthorised
Year
Larceny
Takings
Total
Larceny
Takings
Total
1980
681
15,161
15 , 842
8 0 7
2 1 , 0 05
2 1 , 8 12
1981
9 02
1 6 , 0 50
16 , 952
1 , 036
2 1 , 8 96
2 2 , 9 32
1982
1,091
16 , 237
17 , 328
1 , 207
2 0 , 7 29
2 1 , 9 36
1983
1 , 377
15 , 071
1 6 , 4 48
1,531
1 9 , 4 84
19 , 637
1984
1 , 237
14 , 672
1 5 , 9 09
1 , 375
1 8 , 7 35
2 0 , 1 10
1985
1,341
11 , 317
1 2 , 6 58
1 , 546
1 4 , 8 44
1 6 , 3 90
1986
1 , 315
9 , 2 80
1 0 , 5 95
1 , 775
1 2 , 5 14
1 4 , 2 89
1987
1 , 168
7 , 2 57
8 , 4 25
1 , 523
9 , 9 55
11 , 478
1988
1 , 198
7 , 1 04
8 , 3 02
1 , 507
9 , 4 08
1 0 , 9 15
1 9 8 9*
1 , 110
7 , 0 33
8 , 1 43
1 , 350
9 , 9 23
1 1 , 2 73