David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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198. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full-time equivalent staff attached to the Criminal Assets Bureau in each of the years 2007 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44162/18]

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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199. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff in the Criminal Assets Bureau by position in each of the years 2007 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44163/18]

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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200. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of staff in the Criminal Assets Bureau by job title in each of the years 2007 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44164/18]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 198 to 200, inclusive, together.

As the Deputy will be aware, the Criminal Assets Bureau was established by Government in 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.

The Bureau utilises the provisions of the Proceeds of Crime legislation as well as Revenue and Social Welfare legislation in targeting the proceeds of crime generated from a range of criminal activities.

The Bureau is a statutory, multi-agency body with staff drawn from An Garda Síochána, the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and the Department of Justice and Equality.

The Bureau is also supported in its work by 345 trained asset profilers nation-wide. These asset profilers work hand-in-hand with local Garda Management and communities towards the objective of denying and depriving criminals of assets.

Details in relation to the number of staff in the Bureau and their related agencies for the years 2007 to October 2018 are available at the following link

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While details are also provided in relation to the positions or job titles of members of An Garda Síochána in the Bureau, these details are not included for non-Garda Bureau personnel for security and operational reasons. Due to the small number of individuals concerned, it is considered that the release of such data could compromise their anonymity, which is prohibited under section 10 the Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996.

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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201. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the Criminal Assets Bureau in each of the years 2007 to 2017, by pay and non-pay, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44165/18]

David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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202. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the cost of the Criminal Assets Bureau in each of the years 2007 to 2017 by categories (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44166/18]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 201 and 202 together.

As the Deputy will be aware, the Criminal Assets Bureau was established by Government in 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.

The Bureau utilises the provisions of the Proceeds of Crime legislation as well as Revenue and Social Welfare legislation in targeting the proceeds of crime generated from a range of criminal activities.

The Bureau is a statutory, multi-agency body with staff drawn from An Garda Síochána, the Office of the Revenue Commissioners, the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and the Department of Justice and Equality.

The Bureau is also supported in its work by 345 trained asset profilers nation-wide. These asset profilers work hand-in-hand with local Garda Management and communities towards the objective of denying and depriving criminals of assets.

Section 21 of the Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996 requires the Bureau, through the Garda Commissioner, to provide a report of its activities each year to the Minister for Justice and Equality who is then required to lay copies of the report before each House of the Oireachtas. The Bureau's Annual Reports include details of the Bureau's pay and non-pay expenditure in each of the years from 2007 to 2017. These reports can be found on An Garda Síochána's and my own Department's websites.

A detailed breakdown of the expenditure of the Bureau in each of the years from 2007 to 2017 in the categories requested by the Deputy is available at the following link:

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