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Criminal Assets Bureau

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 October 2018

Wednesday, 24 October 2018

Ceisteanna (201, 202)

David Cullinane

Ceist:

201. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the Criminal Assets Bureau in each of the years 2007 to 2017, by pay and non-pay, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44165/18]

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David Cullinane

Ceist:

202. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the Criminal Assets Bureau in each of the years 2007 to 2017 by categories (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44166/18]

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Freagraí scríofa

I propose to take Questions Nos. 201 and 202 together.

As the Deputy will be aware, the Criminal Assets Bureau was established by Government in 1996. The Bureau’s remit is to target the assets, wherever situated, of persons which derive or are suspected to derive, directly or indirectly, from criminal conduct.

The Bureau utilises the provisions of the Proceeds of Crime legislation as well as Revenue and Social Welfare legislation in targeting the proceeds of crime generated from a range of criminal activities.

The Bureau is a statutory, multi-agency body with staff drawn from An Garda Síochána, the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and the Department of Justice and Equality.

The Bureau is also supported in its work by 345 trained asset profilers nation-wide. These asset profilers work hand-in-hand with local Garda Management and communities towards the objective of denying and depriving criminals of assets.

Section 21 of the Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996 requires the Bureau, through the Garda Commissioner, to provide a report of its activities each year to the Minister for Justice and Equality who is then required to lay copies of the report before each House of the Oireachtas. The Bureau's Annual Reports include details of the Bureau's pay and non-pay expenditure in each of the years from 2007 to 2017. These reports can be found on An Garda Síochána's and my own Department's websites.

A detailed breakdown of the expenditure of the Bureau in each of the years from 2007 to 2017 in the categories requested by the Deputy is available at the following link:

Criminal Asset Bureau

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