565. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the amount in monetary value of drugs seized by gardaí in each of the past ten years and to date in 2022. [59000/22]

Minister for Justice Heather Humphreys:I am advised by the Garda authorities that information in relation to the quantity and value of drugs seized by An Garda Síochána is set out in their Annual Reports.

The Annual Reports for the years 2012 to 2020 are available on the Garda website (www.garda.ie). The information in the Reports is prepared on the basis of records maintained by Forensic Science Ireland in relation to the quantity of drugs analysed annually at its laboratory.

To be of assistance I can inform the Deputy that the figure for the value of drugs analysed for 2021 is €41,565,384.

To be of further assistance below is a table compiled from the information available.

Figures for 2022 are not yet available, and will be published as part of An Garda Síochána's Annual Report for 2022.