Here is how much charities got in the past decade from court poor box donations

The Government is currently reviewing a proposal to abolish the court poor box, replacing it with a new Reparation Fund

A total of 45 court offices around the country operated poor boxes, with Tralee, Co. Kerry, donating the largest proportion of funds. File picture: Dan Linehan

Almost €17 million for charitable causes has been raised from courtrooms across the country in the past 10 years, with almost half coming from Munster courts.

An analysis of poor box donations for the years 2012 to 2021 show that, when combined, the eight regional branches of the Simon Communities of Ireland received €614,822 from the poor box, with more than half of that going to Cork Simon alone (Table at bottom of article).