John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Question 227: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of tribunals of inquiry conducted by his Department; the title of each; the cost of each to date in 2010; the expected date of conclusion of each; and the projected final costs. [2731/10]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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There are no such inquiries under way. The only such inquiry for which my Department had responsibility during the last ten years was the investigation by Mr. Justice Peter Cory, a retired judge of the Canadian Supreme Court, of allegations of collusion in the murders of Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and Superintendent Bob Buchanan, Patrick Finucane, Lord Justice and Lady Gibson, Robert Hamill, Rosemary Nelson, and Billy Wright. Judge Cory was appointed to undertake this investigation by the British and Irish Governments on 28 May 2002 and submitted his final reports to the two Governments on 7 October 2003. The costs of the Inquiry were shared between the two Governments, and the total cost to the Irish exchequer of the investigation was €341,168.90.