Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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148. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the budget allocation for the Office of the State Pathologist in 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form. [29927/23]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The Office of the State Pathologist (OSP) provides the State with a national forensic pathology service and a forensic pathologist is on duty, twenty-four hours a day, each day of the year.

In response to the Deputy, the budget allocation for the OSP from 2021 to 2023 is set out below.

Budget allocation for OSP 2021 -2023

For further information, the 2021 Annual Report of the Office of the State Pathologist has been published on gov.ie - Office of the State Pathologist (www.gov.ie). It is expected that the 2022 report will be published there shortly, with the 2023 report to follow next year.