Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

When I last questioned the Taoiseach on this issue on 4 November, he informed me that it was the sole member's intention that the report would be ready for publication in early January. On the following day, 5 November, an article appeared in The Irish Times that quoted a source with knowledge of the tribunal's affairs which stated that the early January date was unrealistic and that it was not expected that it would report by early January. Can the Taoiseach now give the House an indication as to when the tribunal might report?

There have been reports that the Moriarty tribunal has now agreed to call new witnesses from the Office of the Attorney General. As the latter office reports to this House through the Taoiseach at Taoiseach's Question Time, what is the Taoiseach's information on the witnesses who are likely to be called from the Office of the Attorney General? How many witnesses has he been informed are likely to be called and what is his estimate of the likely length of time this further calling of witnesses and hearing of their evidence will take?

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