Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 26 June 2014
Public Accounts Committee
2012 Annual Report and Appropriation Accounts of the Comptroller and Auditor General
Chapter 4 - Vote Accounting
Chapter 10 - Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Chapter 11 - Costs of Land Remediation
Vote 25 - Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
12:30 pm
Mr. John McCarthy:
Up to the end of 2013, just under €106 million was paid through the Department in respect of the Mahon tribunal. The previous estimate which is mentioned in the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General was for a final total bill of €196 million. That was the tribunal’s estimate. Last month, at our request, it provided an up-to-date estimate taking account of developments in the meantime such as cost orders and claims settled. Its latest estimate is that the final cost will be €159 million, of which approximately €106 million was paid to the end of last year.
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