An inquiry into payments to certain politicians and related matters
Established: September 1997.
Duration: 12 years.
Staff: 14, including sole member Justice Michael Moriarty and legal counsel.
Projected Cost: €92 million.
Witnesses: Approximately 180.
Legal challenges: Four, at a cost of €0.56 million. €224,000 was recovered from one case.
Outcome so far: The Revenue Commissioners have recovered €8.5 million on foot of investigations from this tribunal. The Revenue Commissioners have said over the last eight or nine years there has been a change in the degree of responsiveness of financial institutions to requests for information.
Fact: Two judicial reviews taken by Denis O’Brien against this tribunal went as far as the Supreme Court and were unsuccessful. As a result, Mr O’Brien owes the tribunal €610,831 plus interest.