Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Marc Ó Cathasaigh has flagged this item. The letter is basically saying they will not come. I think we need to remind the RSA that it is audited by the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General. It is accountable to this committee. The last time it was here was 2018. That is pre-Covid. That is six years ago. It needs to be brought in here and it will come in here. I will ask the secretariat to write back and explain that and outline the line of accountability to the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General and to this committee. Yes, it will be coming before us. The Accounting Officer, I presume, is Mr. Sam Waide. He needs to be present along with his senior management team. It has been given extra funding and its role has been expanded in recent years. It oversees driver licences and a whole range of activities. It does some good work, but in terms of its accounts and governance, we want to see it before the committee, if members are agreeable.