Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

I recall that when we were dealing with these questions in February the Taoiseach stated that Ministers and Ministers of State would seek to reduce the costs of their own offices by 10% and that if it was necessary as part of that process to redeploy staff into the mainstream Departments or to other Departments, that would be proceeded with. Has there been any redeployment of staff out of ministerial offices in the Department of the Taoiseach into the main Department since February last?

Second, as this deals with the Taoiseach's Estimate, there is one particular item that I want to ask him about, that is, the allocation for the Moriarty tribunal, which is being increased from €4 million to €7.5 million this year. Can he indicate when that tribunal will conclude its work and when we are likely to see a report, and can he indicate what further cost will be incurred by that tribunal?

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