My Department is responsible for the costs of the Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments. The total cost of this tribunal to date is €31.08 million, of which €6.753 million represents the cost in 2003. The individual payments made to the legal team at the tribunal and to legal personnel appointed to represent it at various court cases are set out in the following table.
Amounts paid in 2003 to each member of the legal team of the Tribunal of Inquiry into Certain Planning Matters and Payments and to legal persons appointed by the tribunal to represent it at various court cases:
Name
|
Amount paid in 2003
|
|
€
|
Desmond O'Neill S.C.
|
547,229.38
|
John Gallagher S.C.
|
582,557.41
|
Patrick Quinn S.C.
|
626,181.94
|
Patricia Dillon S.C.
|
628,904.41
|
Eunice O'Raw
|
405,700.41
|
Mairéad Coghlan
|
407,126.12
|
Máire A. Howard
|
99,220.10
|
Susan Gilvarry
|
246,750.00
|
Marcelle Gribbin
|
97,193.25
|
Annette Foley
|
149,193.42
|
Caroline Williams
|
49,779.28
|
Sarah Maguire
|
144,655.50
|
Adele Murphy
|
138,303.00
|
Padraig Gleeson(since resigned)
|
6,137.18
|
Cormac Mac Amhlaigh (since resigned)
|
22,582.80
|
Mary Cahill
|
18,051.98
|
Paul Gillick
|
3,533.57
|
Sara Moorhead
|
3,025
|
Kilda Mooney
|
9,075
|
*Amounts include VAT but before professional services withholding tax is deducted.