Criminal Assets Bureau.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 April 2009

Tuesday, 7 April 2009

Ceisteanna (192)

Bernard J. Durkan

Ceist:

192 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the value of goods and property seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in each of the past five years to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14735/09]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform (Deputy Dermot Ahern)

I have been informed by the Garda Authorities that the table below sets out the value of property/monies secured by the Criminal Assets Bureau pursuant to the Proceeds of Crime Act on a year by year basis from 2003 to 2007.

Table 1: Monies Secured by CAB from 1996 to 2007

	Section 2 Interim Orders	Section 3 Interlocutory Orders	Section 4 and 4A	Section 16(B) POC Act as amended
1996	£2,101,000.00	£2,048,000.00
1997	£2,334,680.00	£1,496,180.00
1998	£1,682,544.65	£1,091,412.62
1999	£1,500,000.00	£813,659.00
2000	£838,536.00	£1,641,215.00
	Stg£52,230.00
2001	£1,872,654.72	£1,342,951.10
	(€2,377,781.00)	(€1,705,196.15)
	Stg£491,114.09	Stg£279,635.70
Total 1996 – 2001	IR£10,329,415.37	IR£ 8,433,417.72	—	—
Euro Equivalent	€13,115,652.02	€10,708,231.61	—	—
2002	€3,709,086.00	€2,504,669.00
	Stg£17,802,004.00	Stg£1,993,094.00
	US$5,558,377.00	US$5,247,821.00
2003	€3,045,842.00	€71,699.00
	Stg£12,150.00	Stg£557,070.00
2004	€1,027,152.18	€1,688,651.63	€275,875.43
	Stg£6,115	Stg£375.00
2005	€5,860,335.00	€1,200,525.57	€2,002,738.41
	US$314,619.54	Stg£26,760
		US$130,000
2006	€2,836,479.97	€726,350.94	€2,459,864.79	€53,000,000.00
	Stg£294, 289.39
2007	€9,804,193.14	€9,848,432.84	€1,435,340.59
	Stg30,690.00
Totals 1996 – 2007	€39,398,740.31	€26,748,560.59	€6,173,819.22	€53,000,000.00
	Stg£18,688,592.48	Stg£2,856,934.70
	US$5,872,996.54	US$5,377,821.00

It should be noted that these figures are available in the CAB Annual Reports. The figures for 2008 are being prepared and will be published as part of the Annual Report later this year.