Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Deputy for his question and will share the figures with him. I will start, however, by making clear that all the tribunals and commissions of inquiry that took place were pieces of work that needed to be done. They include the investigation on a very important matter, whose terms of reference are currently being settled by the House. All this work needed to be done in the public interest and I know that all Members of the Oireachtas are approaching the current process in that spirit.

As regards costs, the figures I have to hand cover the period from 2007 to 2017, including the cost of all the different tribunals and commissions of inquiry in that period. The cumulative cost in that period is €420,593,000. The breakdown for tribunals is €314 million, of which the Mahon tribunal represented a cost of €119 million and the Moriarty tribunal a cost of €54 million. The tribunal of inquiry into the infection with HIV and hepatitis C of persons with haemophilia and related matters, or the Lindsay tribunal, represented a cost of €46 million.

As regards commissions of inquiry, the cumulative cost was €21 million. The cost of the Ryan and Laffoy process was €80.67 million. The various reports that have taken place across that period, including the Ferns report, the Lourdes hospital inquiry and the Monageer inquiry, represented a cost of €5.2 million.

These figures are accurate as of December 2016 in respect of some of these tribunals. Third party costs remain to be paid with regard to the Smithwick, Morris and Mahon tribunals.