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State Pathology Service

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 June 2023

Wednesday, 21 June 2023

Questions (148)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

148. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the budget allocation for the Office of the State Pathologist in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [29927/23]

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Written answers

The Office of the State Pathologist (OSP) provides the State with a national forensic pathology service and a forensic pathologist is on duty, twenty-four hours a day, each day of the year.

In response to the Deputy, the budget allocation for the OSP from 2021 to 2023 is set out below.

Budget allocation for OSP 2021 -2023

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2021

2022

2023

Pay

€779,000

€888,000

€1,314,000

Non-Pay

€209,000

€239,000

€239,000

Total

€988,000

€1,127,000

€1,553,000

For further information, the 2021 Annual Report of the Office of the State Pathologist has been published on gov.ie - Office of the State Pathologist (www.gov.ie). It is expected that the 2022 report will be published there shortly, with the 2023 report to follow next year.

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