Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 13 December 2016
223. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the total cost to the State to date of the Flood Mahon tribunal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39414/16]
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 in respect of the Tribunal's costs which total €119,534,923 up to 28 November 2016.:
|
YEAR |
ADMINISTRATION |
LEGAL FEES |
COURT COSTS |
3 rd PARTY COSTS |
TOTAL |
|
€ |
€ |
€ |
€ |
€ |
|
|
1997 |
395,698 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
395,698 |
|
1998 |
1,026,372 |
1,856,794 |
0 |
0 |
2,883,166 |
|
1999 |
1,137,717 |
2,481,365 |
0 |
0 |
3,619,082 |
|
2000 |
1,608,085 |
2,401,482 |
1,011,264 |
0 |
5,020,831 |
|
2001 |
2,359,882 |
3,354,130 |
192,215 |
0 |
5,906,227 |
|
2002 |
2,557,071 |
3,087,483 |
222,854 |
0 |
5,867,408 |
|
2003 |
2,554,434 |
4,174,443 |
23,898 |
0 |
6,752,775 |
|
2004 |
2,872,195 |
4,217,340 |
67,254 |
0 |
7,156,789 |
|
2005 |
2,513,027 |
5,899,775 |
80,144 |
44,500 |
8,537,446 |
|
2006 |
2,803,828 |
5,747,046 |
999,534 |
6,623,570 |
16,173,978 |
|
2007 |
2,817,566 |
5,792,147 |
430,607 |
1,431,277 |
10,471,597 |
|
2008 |
2,607,203 |
5,523,611 |
1,004,369 |
2,101,169 |
11,236,352 |
|
2009 |
1,832,458 |
2,723,581 |
726,307 |
627,526 |
5,909,872 |
|
2010 |
1,383,365 |
1,580,246 |
76,076 |
241,381 |
3,281,068 |
|
2011 |
1,572,829 |
1,064,688 |
1,437,086 |
62,072 |
4,136,675 |
|
2012 |
1,432,776 |
844,220 |
418,486 |
586,076 |
3,281,558 |
|
2013 |
714,200 |
561,848 |
124,649 |
3,919,916 |
5,320,613 |
|
2014 |
462,312 |
348,369 |
323,434 |
4,191,443 |
5,325,558 |
|
2015 |
266,915 |
348,635 |
67,650 |
4,057,123 |
4,740,323 |
|
2016 Jan -Nov |
246,741 |
394,081 |
0 |
2,877,085 |
3,517,907 |
|
Totals |
33,164,674 |
52,401,284 |
7,205,827 |
26,763,138 |
119,534,923 |
