"It is not practice to comment on when the Report will be published": Mahon Tribunal

[ONQ]

Rang them at around 2.45pm today and asked when the Report would be out.

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"It is not the practice to comment on when the Report be published."

Yet another unaccountable spend of tax payers money.

Without even a guideline programme for the publication of the Report.

Not happy with this open-ended cheque-book approach to investigating matters of Public Interest.

[David Cochrane]

Mahon should be prosecuted for contempt of the Oireachtas.

Ah here.......

[toxic avenger]

Mahon has already told the Government that releasing the report now would prejudice the current trial of a number of councillors on charges of corruption. The government would no doubt like to see the report emerge in time to distract from the harsh budget, but Mahon has to be aware of the interests of justice.

[Rebel_Yell]

Mahon has already told the Government that releasing the report now would prejudice the current trial of a number of councillors on charges of corruption. The government would no doubt like to see the report emerge in time to distract from the harsh budget, but Mahon has to be aware of the interests of justice.

End of.

[Grumpy Jack]

More Chimps.ie faux outrage without the slightest nod to reality.

[cul de sac]

More Chimps.ie faux outrage without the slightest nod to reality.

[McDonagh Black]

Ah here.......

He chairs a tribunal of enquiry that was established 14 years ago by the Oireachtas to inquire into matters of "urgent public importance". How can you argue that the tribunal is not in contempt of its terms of reference?

[JCR]

Mahon has already told the Government that releasing the report now would prejudice the current trial of a number of councillors on charges of corruption. The government would no doubt like to see the report emerge in time to distract from the harsh budget, but Mahon has to be aware of the interests of justice.

So how long can said councillors put off said court cases? And what is the delay there anyway?

[toxic avenger]

He chairs a tribunal of enquiry that was established 14 years ago by the Oireachtas to inquire into matters of "urgent public importance". How can you argue that the tribunal is not in contempt of its terms of reference?

Very easily. Yes, it has taken ridiculously long, but then most of the delays were due to non-compliance, court challenges, obstruction, etc., by various parties under investigation and with a vested interest in delaying it. Also, the scale of what they were investigating, with very little co-operation from all bar a handful of the main witnesses, was huge. The Oireachtas itself widened the terms of reference of the Tribunal from the original 1997 terms, thus bringing in vast and complex cases like Quarryvale within their scope. In fact, the Tribunal itself was criticised for NOT investigating a large number of cases (the so-called J2 list), which they discarded because they would have been there forever.

The Government of the day set up the Tribunals, gave them their terms of reference, then set about undermining and obstructing them. Direct your blame for the long delay to where it belongs...

[McDonagh Black]

Also, the scale of what they were investigating, with very little co-operation from all bar a handful of the main witnesses, was huge.

How many of these hundreds or thousands have been, or will be, prosecuted as a result of this 14 to 15 year tribunal?