Billy Timmins (Wicklow, Independent)
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170. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the names of the persons, in relation to the 24 orders for reduced costs for persons on foot of findings of non-cooperation, made as part of a separate process, subsequent to the publication of the Final Report of The Mahon Tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6174/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments (the Mahon Tribunal) was established in October 1997 and published its Final Report in March 2012. The work of the Tribunal at present is largely focused on the settlement of the remainder of third-party and court costs incurred during the work of the Tribunal. It is anticipated that the day-to-day operations of the Tribunal will be completed during 2015. In relation to costs applications arising from the publication of the Tribunal's Final Report in March 2012, the Tribunal has to date reduced the cost orders of twenty one parties on the basis that they have not fully co-operated with the Tribunal in its inquiries. I am advised by the Tribunal that the following are the twenty one parties concerned:

1. Paddy Reilly

2. Bertie Ahern

3. David McKenna

4. John Kennedy

5. Colm McGrath

6. Michael Wall

7. Padraig Flynn

8. Desmond Maguire

9. Joe Burke

10. Sean Gilbride (deceased)

11. John O’Halloran

12. Liam Cosgrave

13. Don Lydon

14. Richard Lynn

15. G.V.Wright

16. Riga Limited

17. Owen O’Callaghan

18. Edward Sweeney

19. Dorothy Flynn

20. Tim Collins

21. Frank Dunlop

Three further parties are still involved in this legal costs submission making process and a final decision on whether reduced cost orders will apply in these cases has not yet been made by the Tribunal.