The State stands to gain more than £230,000 from the sale of the assets of three members of the Felloni family who have been convicted of drug-related offences, the High Court was told.
The receiver for the DPP, Mr Francis Cassidy, applied to Mr Justice O'Sullivan for leave to pay a total of £233,190, which has been realised from the sale of the assets of the three Fellonis, to the Minister for Finance.
The judge was told that the sum involved in relation to Regina Felloni was £206,605, which included the proceeds of the sale of a house for £70,500. The remainder of the total is made up of £14,191 in respect of her brother, Luigi; and £12,394 in respect of her father, Anthony.
Mr Justice O'Sullivan indicated that he intended to make the order, but said notice of the application should be given to the defendants in writing stating that, if they wished, they could make representations in court.
Mr Cassidy said that he had been appointed last year to be receiver over the realisable assets of the three under the Criminal Justice Act 1994, but with limited powers. These powers were to inquire into, and make an inventory of, all assets of the defendants. He had collected all assets capable of receivership and had lodged these in a bank account.
In respect of Regina and Anthony Felloni, Mr Cassidy said his inventory excluded funds held in sterling bank accounts outside the jurisdiction.
At the moment, he was seeking no order in relation to those sums, as it was proposed to make a request to the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform to request the British authorities to confiscate this money pursuant to previous court orders.