Mr. Brian O'Malley:

The commissions and tribunals are established and their terms of reference set by the Oireachtas. As Mr. Fraser said earlier and previously, we have looked at commissions of investigation as being a speedier and more cost-effective mechanism for dealing with these issues than the previous tribunals of inquiry might have previously been. As the Deputy will see, some of the costs referenced here are significantly lower for commissions of investigation vis-à-vistribunals of inquiry. That mechanism is one that is being implemented going forward. Just to be clear, the Department's role in this process is to collate the data from the relevant Departments on a quarterly basis. We will try to furnish the committee with that information if we can.