The Reception & Integration Agency (RIA), which is an operational unit of the Department of Justice and Equality, was established on 2 April 2001 and had no formal expenditure budget allocated to it in that year.
The budgetary allocation of RIA consists entirely of current expenditure. Any capital costs related to the build or maintenance of State-owned centres was and is borne by the Office of Public Works.
The budgetary allocations and outturn for current expenditure for the years 2002 to date are outlined in the following table. The spend in 2001 is also shown.
Year
|
Allocation (Million)
|
Outturn (Million)
|
2001
|
|
€54.3
|
2002
|
€77
|
€84
|
2003
|
€73
|
€76
|
2004
|
€69.3
|
€83.6
|
2005
|
€71.1
|
€83.8
|
2006
|
€74.01
|
€78.7
|
2007
|
€70.02
|
€83.2
|
2008
|
€74.3
|
€91.5
|
2009
|
€67.39
|
€86.5
|
2010
|
€77.49
|
€79
|
2011
|
€67.49
|
€69.5
|
2012
|
€63.5
|
€62.3
|
2013
|
€57.2
|
€55.2
|
2014
|
€51.9
|
€53.7
|
2015
|
€51.9
|
€57.02
|
2016
|
€69.12
|
€64.14
|
2017
|
€66.64
|
€63.54
|
2018
|
€66.44
|
€76 (estimated)
|