The Chairman of the Planning Tribunal, Alan Mahon, says he will deal with the issue of legal costs during a break in proceedings.
The tribunal faces demands for €25m in legal bills from those forced to attend the proceedings, including €10m from former minister Ray Burke.
However, the second interim report found that 15 individuals, including Mr Burke and the builders Brennan and McGowan, had obstructed the tribunal and are liable for its costs.
Mr Mahon said today that legislation enabling him to deal with costs was enacted ten days ago, and he will be working on the issue during a break of just under four weeks that starts tomorrow.
Earlier at the tribunal, a former Dublin City and County Manager denied that there was a ‘web of corruption’ in the planning system.
Frank Feely told the tribunal that the standard and integrity of local services was very high. Mr Feely pointed out that the tribunal had to deal with allegations against just one local government official out of a total of 12,000.
Mr Feely also said there had been no allegations against any elected official on Dublin Corporation and just some of those on the county council.
