Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 1 December 2016
176. Deputy Michael McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the amount of legal fees paid by his Department in respect of tribunals of inquiry established by the State and any resulting legal actions; if he will provide these, broken down by tribunal and by year, for 2006 to 2016, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38454/16]
View answerThe 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 from 2006 up to 28 November 2016 in respect of the Tribunal's own internal legal costs, legal costs associated with legal cases in which the Tribunal was involved, and 3rd Party Costs.
|
Year |
Tribunal Costs |
Court Costs |
3rd Party Costs |
Total |
|
Internal Legal |
External Counsel |
|||
|
2006 |
5,747,046 |
999,534 |
6,623,570 |
13,370,150 |
|
2007 |
5,792,147 |
430,607 |
1,431,277 |
7,654,031 |
|
2008 |
5,523,611 |
1,004,369 |
2,101,169 |
8,629,149 |
|
2009 |
2,723,581 |
726,307 |
627,526 |
4,077,414 |
|
2010 |
1,580,246 |
76,076 |
241,381 |
1,897,703 |
|
2011 |
1,064,688 |
1,437,086 |
62,072 |
2,563,846 |
|
2012 |
844,220 |
418,486 |
586,076 |
1,848,782 |
|
2013 |
561,848 |
124,649 |
3,919,916 |
4,606,413 |
|
2014 |
348,369 |
323,434 |
4,191,443 |
4,863,246 |
|
2015 |
348,635 |
67,650 |
4,057,123 |
4,473,408 |
|
2016 |
394,081 |
n/a |
2,877,085 |
3,271,166 |
|
Total |
€24,928,472 |
€5,608,198 |
€26,718,638 |
€57,255,308 |
