Written answers
Tuesday, 24 October 2006
Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform
Tribunals of Inquiry
9:00 pm
Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 280: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the proportion of the cost of each tribunal made up of legal fees, and the amount of money spent on legal fees in respect of tribunals in each of the years since 1997, under the aegis of his Department. [34555/06]
Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
| Name of Tribunal | Expenditure on Legal Fees | Total Cost/Cost to date |
| Morris Tribunal | â'¬14,277,462 to end September, 2006 | â'¬26.2m to end September, 2006 |
| Barr Tribunal * | â'¬6,300,093.70 to 12 October, 2006 | â'¬10,458,181.89 to 12 October, 2006 |
| Smithwick Tribunal | â'¬389,729.25 to end August, 2006 | â'¬1,329,022.87 to end August, 2006. |
| *The Deputy should note that the details of this Tribunal were omitted in error from the response to his parliamentary question on this subject of 11 October, 2006 (PQ 32429/06). |
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