Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 14 October 2025
675. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 888 of 17 September 2025, if he has received the necessary information from Garda authorities in order to have this Parliamentary Question answered. [54582/25]
View answerI refer to Parliamentary Questions 888 of 17 September 2025 regarding “the amount that An Garda Síochána spent on hiring external jewellery valuers to carry out work on its behalf in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form.”
The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) is a multi-agency statutory body established under the Criminal Assets Bureau Act 1996. The Bureau’s remit is to target a person's assets, wherever situated, which derive, or are suspected to derive, directly or indirectly, from criminal conduct. The Bureau has staff drawn from An Garda Síochána, the Office of the Revenue Commissioners (including Customs), the Department of Social Protection and my Department.
I am advised by the CAB, that the total cost of jewellery valuations by external jewellery valuers, incurred by the Criminal Assets Bureau as an agency, over the years 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025 is outlined in the table below:
|
2023 |
2024 |
2025* |
|
€1,830.73 |
€12,773.25 |
€3,280.14 |
*January-August
