Peadar Tóibín
Question:
151. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total cost associated with each Commission of Investigation under the remit of his Department in the past twenty years. [42461/24]
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The information requested is being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy in accordance with Standing Orders.
The following deferred reply was received under Standing Order 51.
My Department understands that a ‘Commission of Investigation’ refers to commissions established under the Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 and therefore does not include other non-statutory reviews or inquiries. In accordance with Circular 23/2020: Publication of costs to date and estimate total costs relation to the original estimate for each tribunal of Inquiry and Commission of Investigation on a six-monthly basis, my Department publishes such costs per the instructions set out in this circular. These reports can be found here (www.gov.ie/en/collection/5c357-tribunal-of-inquiry-and-commission-of-investigation-costs/ ).
However to confirm, my Department has had no cost associated with Commissions of Investigation in the past twenty years.
