Tony Gregory (Dublin Central, Independent)
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Question 487: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the cost to the Exchequer of each tribunal of inquiry in 2003; and the individual payments made to each legal representative involved for 2003. [4989/04]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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My Department is responsible for the costs of the Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments. The total cost of this tribunal to date is €31.08 million, of which €6.753 million represents the cost in 2003. The individual payments made to the legal team at the tribunal and to legal personnel appointed to represent it at various court cases are set out in the following table.

Amounts paid in 2003 to each member of the legal team of the Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments and to legal persons appointed by the tribunal to represent it at various court cases: