Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 7 December 2006
76 Mr. Callely asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the moneys spent on asylum and immigration functions to date in 2006; the comparison figures for the years 1995 to 2005; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42097/06]
Amharc ar fhreagraI can inform the Deputy that the expenditure in relation to asylum and immigration matters by my Department in 2006 (to the end of November) is €119.702m.
It is not possible to separate out expenditure on asylum related matters prior to 1998 as compilation of these statistics would require a disproportionate amount of staff time and effort to prepare and could not be justified in current circumstances where there are other significant demands on resources.
The comparative expenditure in this regard from 1998 to 2005 is set out as follows.
1998 — £3.3m (€4.19m).
1999 — £4.669m (€5.929m).
2000 — £8.23m (€10.45m).
2001 — £25.488m (€32.364m).
2002 — €46.457m
2003 — €44.842m
2004 — €129.189m
2005 — €137.297m.
