Written answers
Wednesday, 15 January 2014
Department of Justice and Equality
Tribunals of Inquiry
Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)
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550. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of tribunals of inquiry established under his Department’s remit from 1997 to date in 2013; the name of each inquiry and its terms of reference; the date of establishment and conclusion of each inquiry, including the projected date of conclusion in circumstances where an inquiry has not been concluded; and the cost of each inquiry. [55339/13]
Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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As requested by the Deputy, the following are details of all Tribunals of Inquiry established under the remit of my Department from 1997 to date.
Name of Tribunal of Inquiry | Terms of Reference | Date Established | Date Concluded | Cost in Millions (€) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smithwick Tribunal of Inquiry | To enquire into suggestions that members of the Garda Síochána or other employees of the State colluded in the fatal shootings of RUC Chief Superintendent Harry Breen and RUC Superintendent Robert Buchanan on 20 March 1989. | May 2005 | December 2013 | *12 |
| Barr Tribunal of Inquiry | To enquire into the facts and circumstances surrounding the fatal shooting of John Carthy, Abbeylara, Co. Longford on 20 April 2000. | July 2002 | July 2006 | 21 |
| Morris Tribunal of Inquiry | Tribunal of Inquiry into complaints concerning some Gardaí of the Donegal Division. | April 2002 | December 2008 | **67 |
* Costs up to end-2013.
** Costs to date.
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