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]
View answerDáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 June 2023
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]
View answerThe 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
- |
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.