Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)

On that, in July 2008 the Minister for Finance said that it was decided that legal counsels to the tribunal would no longer be paid once public hearings were completed and the Government told Departments to which the tribunals report that tribunal legal teams, including the €2,700 a day senior counsel, should be let go. The tribunal has met on only a handful of occasions since last July. What legal fees have been paid since then? The Irish Times reported that in correspondence with the Department the Minister for Finance said that once public hearings were over, the legal staff associated with the public hearings should no longer be paid. The Moriarty tribunal has finished its run of public hearings, apart from whatever decision the sole member makes in respect of one other. In view of the fact that very few hearings were held since last July, does the Taoiseach have the figure in his brief on what has been paid since then?

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