Written answers
Tuesday, 8 November 2005
Department of Finance
Tribunals of Inquiry
8:00 pm
Joe Walsh (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 356: To ask the Minister for Finance the costs to date for each of the sitting tribunals, including third party costs; the costs for each legal team and the costs for each member of each legal team. [33094/05]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The costs of the sitting tribunals are met by the following Votes:
| Tribunals | Votes |
| Moriarty | Taoiseach's |
| Mahon | Environment, Heritage and Local Government |
| Morris | Justice, Equality and Law Reform |
| Barr | Justice, Equality and Law Reform |
| Smithwick | Justice, Equality and Law Reform |
Questions relating to the costs of the individual tribunals should be appropriately directed to those Departments.
For the convenience of the Deputy the information available to my Department relating to costs for sitting tribunals to end-August 2005 is set out in the following table.
| Tribunal | Admin Costs | State Legal Costs | 3rd Party Costs | Total Costs |
| â'¬m | â'¬m | â'¬m | â'¬m | |
| Moriarty Tribunal of Inquiry into Payments to Messrs. Haughey and Lowry (est. Sept. 1997) | 5.23 | 15.8 | 21.03 | |
| Mahon Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments (est. Nov. 1997) | 16.219 | 26.838 | 0.037 | 43.094 |
| Morris Tribunal of Inquiry into certain Garda activities in Donegal (est. Mar. 2002) | 9.57 | 10.185 | 19.755 | |
| Barr Tribunal of Inquiry into the Facts and Circumstances Surrounding the Fatal Shooting of John Carthy at Abbeylara, County Longford (est. Apr. 2002) | 2.633 | 5.324 | 7.957 | |
| Smithwick Tribunal of Inquiry into the fatal shootings of RUC Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Robert Buchanan (est. May 2005) | 0.023 | 0.023 | ||
| Total | 33.652 | 58.17 | 0.037 | 91.859 |
With the exception of the €37,000 shown under the Mahon tribunal to end August, third party costs remain to be determined by the tribunals. It is expected that these costs will be substantial.
Information on the costs for each member of each legal team is not held by my Department. Information on the costs of the tribunal legal teams is held by the relevant Departments, as indicated.
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