119. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount of funding allocated to a scheme (details supplied) by year from 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [67497/26]

120. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on amending a scheme (details supplied). [67495/26]

I propose to take Questions Nos. 119 and 120 together.

The Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme is a longstanding Scheme that provides compensation to victims of violent crime in the State. It has been in place since 1974 to assist those who have suffered personal injuries as a result of a violent crime committed against them and continues to play an important role as part of the overall supports provided to victims of crime. The Scheme is administered by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Tribunal, which is independent in making decisions on individual applications and in its decisions on appeals.

On 27 July 2026, I published a revised Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme. The revised Scheme makes provision for compensation to victims for pain and suffering as a result of a crime of violence and follows a Government decision in April 2026 to amend the Scheme in light of the clarifications from the Court of Justice of the European Union judgment of 2 October 2025. That judgment found that national schemes for compensating victims of violent crime could not exclude compensation for pain and suffering.

I am also mindful that the Scheme is put on a sustainable financial footing. That is why this revised Scheme has also introduced, for the first time, provision for Guidelines concerning the value of awards that may be made by the Tribunal. These Guidelines will help give certainty to both the victims of violent crime as to the levels of awards that may be made by the Tribunal.

There is also a commitment in the Programme for Government for further reforms, including placing the Scheme on a statutory footing. The publication earlier this year of the Law Reform Commission’s comprehensive report on victim compensation will assist in that regard. Officials in my Department have reconvened the Working Group examining this area and are currently considering both the LRC report as well as other short and longer-term measures to further advance reform of the Scheme.

The below table outlines the amount of funding allocated to the scheme by year from 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026. It should be noted that due to the nature of the Scheme, awards made in any given year may include awards made in respect of applications submitted in preceding years.

* Includes supplementary provision of €4 million

** Includes supplementary provision of €5 million

*** Includes two supplementary previsions of €1.996 million and €7.2 million