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Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 1 June 2021

Tuesday, 1 June 2021

Ceisteanna (515)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh

Ceist:

515. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice the amount that has been seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau since it was established in 1996, in tabular form. [29471/21]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Justice

As the Deputy will be aware, the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) is a multi-agency statutory body established under the Criminal Assets Bureau Act, 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. Officers from the Social Welfare, Revenue and Revenue Customs also seize assets that were unlawfully gained by persons under investigation by the CAB.

I am advised by CAB that the table appended to this answer represents the various assets that were seized by the CAB from its inception until 2020. Please be advised that the figures for 2020 are provisional pending the publication of the CAB Annual Report 2020.

		Section 2 Interim Orders EURO	Section 2 Interim Orders STERLING	Section 2 Interim Orders US DOLLARS
Year	Section 2 – Interim Orders IRISH PUNTS				Total sent to Exchequer from Section 4(1) & 4A
1996	2,101,000.00				0.00
1997	2,334,680.00				0.00
1998	1,682,554.65				0.00
1999	1,500.00				0.00
2000	838,536.00		52,230.00		0.00
2001	1,872,654.72		491,114.09		0.00
2002		3,709,086.00	17,802,004.00	5,558,377.00	0.00
2003		3,045,842.00	12,150.00		0.00
2004		1,027,152.18	6,115.00		275,875.43 First Section 4 Disposal Order of the Bureau
2005		5,860,335.00		314,619.54	2,002,738.41 S4A power was given by the CAB Amendment Act in 2005
2006		2,974,856.03	294,289.39		2,970,589.51
2007		9,804,193.14	30,690.00		254,651.94
2008		5,022,050.89	4,860.00		2,802,460.37
2009		11,012,543.00	20,630.00	760,051.86	1,421,332.11
2010		7,019,475.88	63,535.00		3,114,312.59
2011		5,384,559.73	6,725.00		2,734,715.22
2012		2,110,334.78			4,850,540.17
2013		2,821,302.00			1,038,680.52
2014		6,760,182.00			467,152.37
2015		941,078.59			1,642,962.29
2016		643,063.07			1,412,920.41
2017		7,020,539.20			1,698,721.08
2018		8,263,582.30			2,271,799.92
2019		64,985,550.30			1,559,726.31
2020*		5,814,206.00			1,838,507.25

* 2020 stats are provisional pending the publication of the CAB Annual Report 2020

Taxes and Interest

Year Ending	Taxes Collected
31/12/1996	£0.00
31/12/1997	£198,230.00
31/12/1998	£621,749.00
31/12/1999	£2,361,280.00
31/12/2000	£6,769,218.00
31/12/2001	£18,556,321.00
Total IR £	£28,506,798.00
Converted Euro	€36,196,166.91
31/12/2002	€10,003,816.00
31/12/2003	€9,991,022.00
31/1220/04	€16,408,649.00
31/12/2005	€16,376,598.71
31/12/2006	€19,192,906.56
31/12/2007	€10,009,459.27
31/12/2008	€5,891,624.85
31/12/2009	€5,100,494.72
31/12/2010	€4,084,498.00
31/12/2011	€3,804,867.00
31/12/2012	€1,967,925.00
31/12/2013	€5,418,000.00
31/12/2014	€3,017,000.00
31/12/2015	€2,038,000.00
31/12/2016	€2,106,000.00
31/12/2017	€2,374,000.00
31/12/2018	€3,097,000.00
31/12/2019	€2,206,000.00
31/12/2020	€2,138,000.00

Social Welfare Statistics

Year Ending	Sums Recovered
31/12/1996	£0.00
31/12/1997	£0.00
31/12/1998	£0.00
31/12/1999	£0.00
31/12/2000	£0.00
31/12/2001	£154,583.00
Total IR £	£154,583.00
Converted Euro	€196,280.00
31/12/2002	€51,909.36
31/12/2003	€199,702.77
31/12/2004	€273,073.61
31/12/2005	€293,948.00
31/12/2006	€139,524.42
31/12/2007	€136,623.59
31/12/2008	€182,198.30
31/12/2009	€160,335.00
31/12/2010	€181,272.00
31/12/2011	€454,037.49
31/12/2012	€393,797.00
31/12/2013	€287,380.00
31/12/2014	€335,911.00
31/12/2015	€185,354.32
31/12/2016	€297,430.12
31/12/2017	€319,720.31
31/12/2018	€302,673.36
31/12/2019	€324,055.73
31/12/2020	€317,236.57