Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

Two questions arise from the Taoiseach's reply. As the Taoiseach has said the Moriarty tribunal has reopened public hearings. This is apparently as a result of the draft findings of the tribunal which were circulated to interested parties. Can the Taoiseach give the House any indication as to when those public hearings will be completed? When are we likely to eventually get a report from the Moriarty tribunal?

Related to that it has been reported that a document - I understand from the reports that the document contained legal advices sought by the then Attorney General back in mid 1990s - about which the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources had claimed legal privilege and had withheld the document from the Moriarty tribunal for more than ten years, has now been produced to the Moriarty tribunal. Can the Taoiseach confirm that such a document that had been withheld for that period of time has now been produced? Has he made any inquiries as to why the document was withheld in the first place and what caused it to be eventually released? This is about cost.

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