Thomas Gould
Question:507. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the value of seizures by the Criminal Assets Bureau from 2010 to date, in tabular form. [41399/20]
View answerTuesday, 8 December 2020
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As the Deputy may be aware, responsibility for the identification, tracing, freezing, and ultimate confiscation of criminal assets does not rest with a single body in Ireland and is spread across a number of different agencies and statutory bodies, not all of which are the responsibility of the Department of Justice. These include An Garda Síochána, the Criminal Assets Bureau, Revenue, the Chief State Solicitors Office, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Courts. It should be noted that in some cases, funds seized represent overdue/unpaid personal taxation.
I understand that, in accordance with the provisions of the Proceeds of Crime Acts 1996-2016, the Criminal Justice Act 1994, as amended, and SI No. 418/2011 - Finance (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) Order 2011, all confiscations relating to the proceeds of crime are transferred to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to be paid into, or disposed of, for the benefit of the Exchequer. It is from this central fund which the Government draws for expenditure on all necessary public services and investment including for communities affected by crime.
The following tables were provided by CAB indicate the total value of seizures as requested. As outlined, there are a number of pieces of legislation that CAB can utilise to seize assets and the values are broken down by currency. CAB have advised that the figures for 2020 are not available at present and will be published in their annual report once finalised.
The following table sets out the value of assets seized under Section 2 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 1996 to 2016 and returned to the Exchequer under Section 4 and 4A of the Proceeds of Crime Act 1996 to 2016 for the years 2010 to 2019.
|
Year |
Section 2 Interim Orders EURO |
Section 2 Interim Orders STERLING |
Total sent to Exchequer from Section 4(1) & 4A |
|
2010 |
7,019,475.88 |
63,535.00 |
3,114,312.59 |
|
2011 |
5,384,559.73 |
6,725.00 |
2,734,715.22 |
|
2012 |
2,110,334.78 |
4,850,540.17 |
|
|
2013 |
2,821,302.00 |
1,038,680.52 |
|
|
2014 |
6,760,182.00 |
467,152.37 |
|
|
2015 |
941,078.59 |
1,642,962.29 |
|
|
2016 |
643,063.07 |
1,412,920.41 |
|
|
2017 |
7,020,539.20 |
1,698,721.08 |
|
|
2018 |
8,263,582.30 |
2,271,799.92 |
|
|
2019 |
64,985,550.30 |
1,559,726.31 |
|
|
2020 |
Not available |
Not available |
Not available |
The following table sets out, in tabular format, taxes collected and social welfare recoveries for the years 2010 – 2019.
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Tax Collections |
Social Welfare Recoveries |
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Year |
Amount |
Year |
Amount |
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|
2010 |
€4,084,498.00 |
2010 |
€181,272.00 |
||
|
2011 |
€3,804,867.00 |
2011 |
€454,037.49 |
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|
2012 |
€1,967,925.00 |
2012 |
€393,797.00 |
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|
2013 |
€5,418,000.00 |
2013 |
€287,380.00 |
||
|
2014 |
€3,017,000.00 |
2014 |
€335,911.00 |
||
|
2015 |
€2,038,000.00 |
2015 |
€185,354.32 |
||
|
2016 |
€2,106,000.00 |
2016 |
€297,430.12 |
||
|
2017 |
€2,374,000.00 |
2017 |
€319,720.31 |
||
|
2018 |
€3,097,000.00 |
2018 |
€302,673.36 |
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|
2019 |
€2,206,000.00 |
2019 |
€324,055.73 |
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|
2020 |
Not available |
2020 |
Not available |
Please note that the 2020 figures are not yet available and will be published in the CAB Annual Report 2020.