Written answers

Tuesday, 13 December 2016

Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government

Tribunals of Inquiry Expenditure

Photo of Tommy BroughanTommy Broughan (Dublin Bay North, Independent)
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223. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total cost to the State to date of the Flood Mahon tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39414/16]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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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 and Local Government to inquire into and report on various planning matters, set out in resolutions passed by Dáil Éireann and Seanad Éireann on 7 and 8 October 1997, respectively.

The final report of the Tribunal was published in March 2012, with Volume V (Chapter 19 - The Carrickmines Module) of the Final Report published on 31 July 2013.

The following table sets out details of the amounts paid by my Department in respect of the Tribunal's costs which total €119,534,923 up to 28 November 2016.:

YEARADMINISTRATIONLEGAL FEESCOURT COSTS3 rd PARTY COSTS

TOTAL
1997395,698000395,698
19981,026,3721,856,794002,883,166
19991,137,7172,481,365003,619,082
20001,608,0852,401,4821,011,26405,020,831
20012,359,8823,354,130192,21505,906,227
20022,557,0713,087,483222,85405,867,408
20032,554,4344,174,44323,89806,752,775
20042,872,1954,217,34067,25407,156,789
20052,513,0275,899,77580,14444,5008,537,446
20062,803,8285,747,046999,5346,623,57016,173,978
20072,817,5665,792,147430,6071,431,27710,471,597
20082,607,2035,523,6111,004,3692,101,16911,236,352
20091,832,4582,723,581726,307627,5265,909,872
20101,383,3651,580,24676,076241,3813,281,068
20111,572,8291,064,6881,437,08662,0724,136,675
20121,432,776844,220418,486586,0763,281,558
2013714,200561,848124,6493,919,9165,320,613
2014462,312348,369323,4344,191,4435,325,558
2015266,915348,63567,6504,057,1234,740,323
2016 Jan -Nov246,741394,08102,877,0853,517,907
Totals33,164,67452,401,2847,205,82726,763,138119,534,923

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