Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 16 February 2017
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2017
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 4 - Central Statistics Office (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised)
11:10 am
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Practically. The Cabinet this morning approved the terms of reference for the tribunal of inquiry into the McCabe case. Mr. Justice Charleton has said that he will deal with that.
One amendment was made to the terms of reference as discussed, and that was to allow for the appearance of any individuals that the judge may think appropriate or relevant. That would arise because a number of Members in the House made comments that they had contact about some of the terms of reference and how relevant they might be. That was an additional amendment this morning to the terms of reference that were first introduced by the previous judge and yesterday expanded, and concluded this morning.
There is no set control over the costs of a public inquiry. I have provided the figures for some that are still ongoing after 20 years. The Moriarty tribunal was back in-----
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