Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 February 2024
416. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the budget allocation for the Office of State Pathologist in the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7607/24]
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 2022 to 2024 is set out below:
Budget allocation for OSP 2022 -2024
|
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
|
Pay |
€888,000 |
€1,314,000 |
€1,339,000 |
|
Non-Pay |
€239,000 |
€239,000 |
€333,000 |
|
Total |
€1,127,000 |
€1,553,000 |
€1,672,000 |
Note: in 2023 a supplementary budget of €100,000 was required on Pay, increasing the OSP’s total budget to €1,653,000
For further information, the 2022 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 2023 report will be published there in the second half of this year.
