Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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125. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of cash seized from persons entering or leaving the State by the Revenue Commissioners enforcement unit at Cork and Shannon airports in each of the past three years and to date in 2019; the amount of cash forfeited to the Exchequer in each year; and the amount returned on appeal. [52966/19]

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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126. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of cash seized from persons entering or leaving the State by the Revenue Commissioners enforcement unit at Dublin Port and Rosslare Port in each of the past three years to date in 2019; the amount of cash forfeited to the Exchequer in each year; and the amount returned on appeal. [52967/19]

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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127. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated monetary value of contraband seized from persons entering or leaving the State by the Revenue Commissioners enforcement unit at Dublin, Cork and Shannon airports in each of the past three years and to date in 2019; the amount of cash forfeited to the Exchequer in each year; and the amount returned on appeal. [52968/19]

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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128. To ask the Minister for Finance the estimated monetary value of contraband seized from persons entering or leaving the State by the Revenue Commissioners enforcement unit at Dublin and Rosslare ports in each of the past three years and to date in 2019; the amount of cash forfeited to the Exchequer in each year; and the amount returned on appeal. [52969/19]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 125 to 128, inclusive, together.

Details of all suspect criminal cash which was detained at Dublin Port, Rosslare Port, Cork Airport and Shannon Airport on foot of Detention Orders granted by a Judge of the District Court are listed in tables 1 to 4 below. The detained cash is either returned to the claimant or forfeited to the State on foot of a Forfeiture Order secured at a Circuit Court hearing. Details of the cash returned, and the Forfeiture Orders secured arising from these detentions are also included in the tables.

Section 38 Criminal Justice Act 1994 as amended by the Proceeds of Crime (Amendment) Act 2005 contains provisions that the total period of detention shall not exceed two years from the date the original Detention Order was authorised by a judge of the District Court. Hence the investigation of cash detained in 2018 and 2019 is ongoing in many of these cases.

Table 1 – Dublin Port Cash detentions 2016 to 2019 

Table 2 – Rosslare Port Cash detentions 2016 to 2019 

Table 3 – Cork airport Cash detentions 2016 to 2019 

Table 4 – Shannon airport Cash detentions 2016 to 2019 

Details of contraband seizures for Dublin, Cork and Shannon Airports are listed in Tables 5 to 7 below.  The figures include freight and passenger controls. The values of contraband include all types of seizures from excisable products, weapons, controlled drugs, meats, etc. The value detailed is the value of the products excluding excise duty and VAT.

Table 5 – Estimated Monetary value of Contraband seized at Dublin Airport and Cargo 2016 to 2019

Table 6 – Estimated Monetary value of Contraband seized at Cork Airport 2016 to 2019

Table 7 – Estimated Monetary value of Contraband seized at Shannon Airport 2016 to 2019

Details of contraband seizures for Dublin Port are outlined in Table 8.  The figures include freight and passenger controls.

Table 8 – Estimated Monetary value of Contraband seized at Dublin Port 2016 to 2019

Details of contraband seizures for Rosslare Port are outlined in Table 9.  The figures include freight and passenger controls.

Table 9 – Estimated Monetary value of Contraband seized at Rosslare Port 2016 to 2019