ESTABLISHMENT OF MAXIMUM AMOUNT WHICH MAY BE RELEASED TO PERSONS WHO ARE SUBJECT TO ATTACHMENT ORDERS OR TO

ESTABLISHMENT OF MAXIMUM AMOUNT WHICH MAY

BE RELEASED TO PERSONS WHO ARE SUBJECT TO

ATTACHMENT ORDERS OR TO SEIZING AND FREEZING

ORDERS UNDER THE PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 621.01

ESTABLISHMENT OF MAXIMUM AMOUNT WHICH

MAY BE RELEASED TO PERSONS WHO ARE

SUBJECT TO ATTACHMENT ORDERS OR TO

SEIZING AND FREEZING ORDERS UNDER THE

PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT ORDER

9th February, 2024

LEGAL NOTICE 31 of 2024.

FOR THE PURPOSES of articles 2, 35, 36 and 57 of the

Proceeds of Crime Act the Minister for Justice and the Reform of the

Construction Sector has established the amount of twenty-one

thousand nine hundred and forty-five euro (€21,945) annually as the

maximum amount which may be released to a physical person who is

subject to an Attachment Order or to a Seizing and Freezing Order

under the Proceeds of Crime Act in order to allow such person and that

person’s family a decent living.

It is also being hereby explained for all intents and purposes that

the amount established is the amount communicated to the Minister for

Justice and Reform of the Construction Sector by the National

Statistics Office as the indicative amount currently available which

results from the Labour Force Survey as the amount equivalent to the

average basic salary received by employed persons, other than self-

employed persons, from their principal occupation before deducting

social security contributions and tax during the year 2023. This

amount also excludes overtime payments, allowances and bonuses.