Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Renua Ireland)
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346. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of tribunals of inquiry, commissions of inquiry or investigations for which he or his Department have been responsible by name; by terms of reference; by cost including the cost to date where an inquiry has not been concluded; by date including the projected date of conclusion where an inquiry has not been concluded from 1991 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3781/16]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments (the Mahon Tribunal) was established by order of the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government to inquire into and report on various planning matters, set out in resolutions passed by Dáil Eireann and Seanad Eireann on 7 and 8 October, 1997 respectively. The final report of the Tribunal was published in March 2012.

The Tribunal estimated in 2014 that the total costs of its deliberations would amount to approximately €159m once all costs have been agreed and paid. The total cost of the Tribunal as at end 2015 amounted to €116m. It is expected that the majority of the remaining expenditure in respect of the Mahon Tribunal will be settled by end 2017.