Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

We are still working to the schedule which applied in the last correspondence we received from the judge. We have received no correspondence since then that would change the situation.

On the allocation within subhead D, the provision relates to the running costs of the tribunal in 2011 and the costs which are estimated to arise in 2011 in regard to the completion of the tribunal's work. It is expected to include reporting costs and some element of the award of legal costs. As it is not possible to assess definitively the amount of legal costs which may be awarded by the tribunal or the timing of these awards, provision of approximately €6.7 million has been included. However, this is an estimate only. The total spend in 2010 to the end of November was €2.545 million.

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