Mr. Michael Gubbins:

I have the statistics here. For the last five years under the proceeds of crime element, we have taken in €8.8 million. Under Revenue collected, we have taken €17.3 million and under the Department of Social Protection recoveries, we have taken in over €2 million in that period. The figures for 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019 were €2.2 million, €2 million, €1.1 million, €1.8 million and €1.5 million, respectively. That is an average of about €1.7 million per year over that period.

In 2019 Revenue collected €2.2 million, in 2020 it collected €2.1 million, in 2021 the figure was €4 million, in 2022 it was €3.9 million and it was just over €5 million in 2023. Our recoveries under social protection were €324,000 in 2019, €317,000 in 2020, approximately €365,000 in 2021, €445,000 in 2022 and €639,000 in 2023. We can see there is a gradual increase. Sometimes we must allow for how long it takes cases to get through and how long it takes them to get before the courts. It does not necessarily mean that every case has the same value of assets. That is why it can fluctuate a little. Overall we can see that we probably have a high proportion of properties on our books. The value of these increases as we go along.