Govt pledges swift action on Mahon recommendations
The Government is promising to announce a plan of action in the wake of the Mahon Tribunal within six weeks.
A debate on the report from the inquiry continues in the Dáil today.
Environment Minister Phil Hogan told the Dáil last night the Government intends to act quickly on the recommendations.
"All relevant ministers have been asked to consider, as a matter of urgency, the report's recommendations that fall within their respective remits," Minister Hogan said.
"This initial consideration is to be completed by the end of April, so that the Government can collectively come back to the issue in May with a view to considering how best to respond to the tribunal's recommendations.
"Without pre-empting the analysis that my government colleagues and I will be undertaking, a preliminary investigation of the 64 recommendations suggests that at least some are already being addressed."
Last night the Fianna Fáil leader said the evidence uncovered by the Mahon tribunal is more than sufficient for a number of people to face serious charges.
And Micheál Martin also called for action to be taken against Padraig Flynn, for the State to get the money from an IR£50,000 corrupt payment made to him.
Minister Hogan said that while the Tribunal was costly, it has led to Revenue recovering €33m, and he hoped it wouldn't stop there.
"In addition to our ongoing, previously initiated investigations involving the Criminal Assets Bureau… I am hopeful that the further examination of this final report may yield further revenues to at last partially offset the administrative and legal costs of this expensive tribunal."
