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

That is okay.

No. 3D is documents relating to today's meetings. No. 3D1 is correspondence received on 20 September 2012 from Professor Brian MacCraith, President, Dublin City University, re briefing papers on matters to be considered at the meeting of 27 September 2012. This is to be noted and published.

No. 3D2 is correspondence received on 20 September 2012 from Dr. Patrick Prendergast, Provost, Trinity College Dublin, re briefing paper on matters to be considered at the meeting of 27 September 2012. This is to be noted and published.

No. 3D3 is correspondence received on 21 September 2012 from Dr. Hugh Brady, President, University College Dublin, re briefing papers on matters to be considered at the meeting of 27 September 2012. This is to be noted and published.

No. 3D4 is correspondence received on 21 September 2012 from Dr. Ruaidhrí Neavyn, President, Waterford Institute of Technology, re briefing paper on matters to be considered at the meeting of 27 September 2012. This is to be noted and published.

No. 3D5 is correspondence received on 25 September 2012 from Professor Brian MacCraith, President, Dublin City University, re opening statement. This is to be noted and published.

No. 3D6 is correspondence received on 25 September 2012 from Dr. Patrick Prendergast, Provost, Trinity College Dublin, re opening statement. This is to be noted and published.

No. 4 is reports, statements and accounts received since the meeting of 20 September 2012, which are listed from 4.1 to 4.6. All of these reports, statements and accounts are to be noted.

No. 5 is our work programme. The work programme is now on the screen and if members have any comments or changes they wish to make to that, either at the meeting or thereafter, they can contact the clerk.

No. 6 is the draft report on the Health Service Executive. To complete this report and having regard to the fact that the HSE reports published last week continue to show an overrun, I propose we call in the HSE and the Department to deal specifically with the ongoing budget overruns. I have asked the clerk to contact both bodies and the date both Accounting Officers are available is Tuesday, 9 October 2012 at 5.30 p.m. Is that suitable for members? Agreed.

No. 7 is any other business. Is the agenda for the meeting on 4 October 2012 agreed? Agreed.

On the 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts, Special Report No. 78: Matters arising out of Education Audits (resumed) and the Annual Accounts of the Higher Education Authority, HEA, 2011, our meeting next week will be with the chief executive officer of the Higher Education Authority and with senior officials of the Department of Education and Skills. Is that agreed? Agreed. We will now call the witnesses.