The Moriarty tribunal will decide on Thursday how to proceed with Mr Charles Haughey's involvement in the inquiry.
Mr Justice Moriarty said two medical consultants had examined Mr Haughey, but as he had received the second report only in recent days, he would defer his decision until Thursday.
In October Mr Eoin McGonigal SC, for Mr Haughey, told the tribunal his client was suffering from terminal prostate cancer.
The tribunal resumed yesterday after a four-week break. It heard evidence from Mr Tony Traynor, son of the late Mr Des Traynor, who managed Mr Haughey's financial affairs.
Mr Traynor told the tribunal his father had usually met Mr Haughey on Saturdays at the former Taoiseach's home in Kinsealy, Co Dublin. He said Mr Traynor called to Mr Haughey's home "perhaps most Saturdays or at least on two Saturdays per month on average".
He said his father also occasionally met Mr Haughey on Sundays. Up to his death in May 1994, Des Traynor's pattern of meetings did not change. Mr Traynor said his father never discussed the meetings with his family.
The tribunal also heard that Mr Haughey's daughter, Mrs Eimear Mulhern, would give evidence regarding Abbeville Stud. Mr Jerry Healy SC, for the tribunal, said the inquiry was seeking information on the payment of £50,000 by a Saudi Arabian diplomat, Mr Mahmound Fustok to Mr Haughey. Mr Fustok had asked Dr John O'Connell, former health minister, to give the money to Mr Haughey in 1985.
Mr Fustok has already told the tribunal, by way of a letter, that the money was paid for the purchase of a horse. Mr Healy said Mr Fustok had failed to respond to a number of other queries on the matter but, as he was outside the jurisdiction, he could not be compelled to give evidence.
Mrs Mulhern has told the tribunal team that the records on the sale are not available. She said Abbeville Stud destroyed all records after six years.
Mr Healy said one might expect such a farm to keep records for a longer period. The tribunal would be pursuing why "this policy of six-year destruction" had continued even after the tribunal was set up.
