Criminal Assets Bureau

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 2 October 2013

Wednesday, 2 October 2013

Questions (219, 220, 221)

Patrick Nulty

Question:

219. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons employed by the Criminal Assets Bureau in each year from 2008 to date 2013. [41322/13]

Patrick Nulty

Question:

220. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the annual budget of the Criminal Assets Bureau in each year from 2008 to 2013, inclusive. [41323/13]

Patrick Nulty

Question:

221. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of cases against persons by the Criminal Assets Bureau in each year 2008 to 2013, inclusive. [41324/13]

Written answers

Minister for Justice and Equality

I propose to take Questions Nos. 219 to 221, inclusive, together.

The resources provided to the Criminal Assets Bureau in terms of budget and staffing numbers for the period 2008-2013 inclusive are set out in table 1. Available data on the numbers of orders obtained under the Proceeds of Crime Act 1996 and 2005 and on the number of cases taken under the Revenue and Social Welfare remit of the Bureau for the period 2008-2013 to date is set out in tables 2-4 below. Further more detailed information concerning the operation of the Bureau is published in the Annual Reports of the Bureau which are made available at www.justice.ie and www.garda.ie.

Table 1: CAB Budget & Staff employed 2008-2013

Year	Budget Outturn	Staff employed
2013	€6,940,000 *	70**
2012	€6,410,000	70
2011	€6,673,000	70
2010	€6,531,000	68
2009	€6,877,000	69
2008	€7,509,000	68

* 2013 Budget allocation as per revised estimates

** 70 authorised (2 vacancies currently being filled) as at 1 October 2013.

Table 2 : Orders taken under the Proceeds of Crime Act 1996 and 2005 for the period 2008-2013

Description re Proceeds of Crime Acts	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013*
Interim orders under Section 2	24	17	14	6	16	N/A
Interlocutory Orders under Section 3 (1)	14	16	17	19	10	N/A
Variation Orders under Section 2 (3)	1	-	-	-	-	N/A
Variation Orders under Section 3 (3)	1	2	3	5	2	N/A
Disposal Orders under Section 4	2	7	-	8	7	N/A
Consent Disposal Orders under Section 4 (a)	11	9	12	15	5	N/A
Receivership Orders under Section 7	25	20	15	16	16	N/A
TOTALS	78	71	61	69	56	N/A

*Please note that figures for 2013 have yet to be compiled

Table 3 : No. of cases taken under the Revenue remit of CAB 2008-2013 to date

Description	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013 to date*
Cases taken under the Revenue remit	31	21	32	34	30	11

Table 4 : No. of cases taken under the Social Welfare remit of CAB 2008-2013 to date

Description	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013 to date*
Cases taken under the Social Welfare remit	13	28	34	27	28	30

* As at 1 October 2013