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Monday, 11 September 2017

Department of Justice and Equality

Courts Service Data

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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654. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the annual Exchequer funding provided to the Courts Service in each of the past ten years and to date in 2017. [38445/17]

Photo of Charles FlanaganCharles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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The funding to agencies under the remit of my Department is provided through the annual estimates process. The information in respect of the Courts Service Vote is set out in the following table.

The Gross Funding includes funding for Pay, Non-Pay Current and Capital. Net Funding is the Gross Funding less the Appropriations-in-Aid (income) element of the Courts Service Voted funds.

Annual Exchequer Funding to the Courts Service: 2007 to 2017

YearTotal Gross FundingAppropriations in AidTotal Net Funding
€’000€’000€’000
2017140,080*47,82892,252
2016112,17246,00366,169
2015107,96547,81560,150
2014104,56546,53558,030
2013104,95946,63558,324
2012107,09052,31554,775
2011112,12651,46160,665
2010148,722*46,519102,203
2009122,02744,40877,619
2008136,19528,935107,260
2007130,92728,361102,566
* Included in the 2010 and 2017 budgets is funding for the once-off up-front VAT payment in relation to PPP Projects.

Note: In 2016 additional funding of €2.5 million was provided for ICT and was included in the Gross Allocation.

Source: Revised Estimates Volume for the respective years.

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