David Cullinane (Waterford, Sinn Fein)
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639. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of each commission of investigation under the remit of her Department over the preceding decade. [42990/21]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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There have been no commissions of investigation, established under the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004, under the remit of the Department of Education over the past decade.

The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse was established in 1999 and was subsequently put on a statutory basis under the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse Act, 2000.

The overall cost of the Commission paid by the Department of Education since inception is €84 million.

The overall cost per year over the past decade is outlined in the table below: