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Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 16 Dec 1986

Vol. 370 No. 13

Written Answers. - Kerry Babies Tribunal.

266.

asked the Minister for Justice in relation to the Kerry Babies Tribunal, if he will give the total expenditure by the State on this tribunal with a detailed breakdown of this expenditure including: (1) barristers' fees; (2) medical fees; (3) solicitors' fees; (4) stenographers' fees and/or salaries; (5) salaries of court staff; (6) general expenses and (7) the amount of VAT paid.

As I indicated in my reply to Question Number 22 on 19 November 1986, the total cost of the Tribunal of Inquiry into the Kerry babies case is estimated at £1,645,000. A breakdown of this expenditure, on the lines sought by the Deputy, is set out in the following statement:

Breakdown of Expenditure

£

Barristers' fees

637,500.00

Medical fees and related expenses

3,540.00

Solicitors' fees, costs and outlay

356,410.00

Stenographers fees and related expenses

154,820.00

Salaries of tribunal staff

33,800.00

General expenses

253,940.00

Note: VAT payments which are indentifiable in accounts submitted under the above headings have been omitted from the figures shown. The amount of VAT paid, in so far as it is identifiable as a separate element in these accounts, is £205,187.

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