John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Today we received correspondence which members did not get a chance to examine, but I wish to raise it because it is in today's correspondence pack. It came from an individual who has had a long-standing battle with County Cork VEC. He cites various issues in respect of the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General. We have dealt with some of these, but I glanced down through it to determine if there are any other matters. On page 11 of the report it states that there were 29 or 26 legal cases between 2010 and 2013. However, he says that following his inquiries with the Department of Education and Skills on the number of legal cases in 2011, Joan Russell, acting CEO, on 24 February said that it was in the process of dealing with 11 current cases and had recently concluded five cases. It raises the issue of the difference in the number of cases. Perhaps you would clarify that for us and report back to the committee.