The government House leader and Housing Minister presented the data in response to a question filed by Opposition Leader Keith Rowley.
Moonilal said most of the money went to lawyers for former UDeCOTT executive chairman Calder Hart. He said UDeCOTT spent $33.8 million in legal fees for the enquiry, with about half of that - $15.5 million - going to attorneys Frank Solomon and Devesh Maharaj and Associates.
UDeCOTT's lawyer Andrew Goddard received $11.2 million, Moonilal said, with another $2 million still outstanding.
The chairman of the commission, British QC Prof John Uff earned $4.5 Moonilal said, adding that the other commissioners - Kenneth Surju, Desmond Thornhill and Israel Khan - got $600,000 each.
Moonilal noted that there was another costly investigation associated with the Uff probe.
The Manning PNM administration ordered that probe into what it said was a missing $10 million from a housing project in Arima.
The former Prime Minter was convinced that the money was missing and had suggested that Rowley explain how the money disappeared from the Cleaver Heights project, which was undertaken while Rowley was Housing Minister.
The investigation was ordered although housing ministry officials had shown that the "missing" money was really a clerical error.
Moonilal said with respect to the Lindguist inquiry, the firm Alexander, Jeremie and Co retained the services of Lindquist to conduct the investigation and the firm provided support services for Lindguist.
He said he believed the former Attorney General John Jeremie had "some relationship" to the company Alexander, Jeremie and Company. Jeremie did not hold the post in 2009 when the firm was retained.
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