Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick East, Labour)

What extra resources does the Minister intend to supply to the commission with regard to its work and the discovery requests to his Department? Some of these have not yet been supplied and there will further discovery requests in the future.

Why were the resources that were agreed in principle on 3 December 2002 not provided? Ms Justice Laffoy's resigning letter states:

The factors which have brought about this situation, include the following ... the Government decision of 3 December 2002, to agree in principle to the provision of additional resources as requested, which in the event[s] has proved meaningless, because it was made contingent on the outcome of the review, which still has not been published.

That review was only published recently. My questions relate to resources and I want some straight answers to them.

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