Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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1034. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of proceeds from crime collected by the Criminal Assets Bureau that will go back into the Exchequer in regard to 2019 and to date in 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19732/20]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, all funds collected by the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) in the course of its activities are returned to the Exchequer for the benefit of the Central Fund, in accordance with the relevant legislation.

I have been informed by the Garda Authorities that the following table sets out monies returned to the Exchequer by the Bureau, under section 4(1) / 4(A) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 1996 – 2016, for the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 (to date).

Monies returned to the Exchequer by CAB

For the Deputy's information, these figures represent a proportion of the funds returned to the State by CAB. The Bureau also returns funds to the State under Revenue legislation and through recovery of social welfare overpayments. In 2018, CAB returned in excess of €5.6 million to the State including €3.097 million under Revenue legislation and €0.323 in social welfare overpayments in addition to the above figures. For 2019, CAB returned in excess of €3.9 million to the State including €2.026 million under Revenue legislation and €0.324 in social welfare overpayments in addition to the above figures.