Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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403. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the tribunals established under the Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Acts 1921 to 2011, in tabular form; the number of days each tribunal sat for; the gross cost of each tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10770/17]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments (otherwise known as the Mahon Tribunal), concluded its public hearings on 29 October 2008 and its deliberations in 2012. The Final Report was published on 22 March 2012, with Volume V (Chapter 19 - The Carrickmines Module) of the Final Report published on 31 July 2013. Copies of both documents are available to download at the following link - .

The Mahon Tribunal commenced preparations for its wind down in 2014 andthe costs incurred since 2012 relate mainly to:

- operational costs – salaries of non-legal Tribunal staff,

- Court costs – costs of litigation in which the Tribunal has been engaged, and

- third party costs – costs incurred by persons in their dealings with the Tribunal.

The most recent estimate of the cost of the Tribunal is €159m, some € €119.8m of which has been paid to end of January 2017.