Neasa Hourigan (Dublin Central, Green Party)
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159. To ask the Taoiseach the status of the Moriarty tribunal; when it will deliver an updated report; and when it will conclude its work. [34516/20]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Moriarty Tribunal was established in 1997 and published its final report in March 2011. Following publication of that Report, the Tribunal’s team was substantially reduced and a small legal and administrative staff remains in place.

The determination by the Court of Appeal in relation to one of the last remaining sets of legal proceedings taken against the Tribunal took place in 2018. Following the judgement in those proceedings it has been necessary for the Tribunal to give further consideration to certain aspects of the very few remaining applications for costs which the Sole Member is undertaking at present.

The Tribunal continues with wind down and deconstruction, arrangements have been made for proper storage and archiving of files. This process is ongoing at present and a significant portion of this aspect has been concluded in recent months. It is expected that all matters concerning those remaining costs applications will be concluded by early next year.