Kieran O'Donnell (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Item 3B.4 is correspondence dated 23 January 2014, from Mr. Alan O’Reilly, regarding mobile phone interference at PAC meetings. It is to be noted. This is typical of the complaints we are now receiving and I will be drawing attention to it again when we deal with the DDDA. The secretariat has received a large amount of correspondence on the matter. In the interests of publicity and public interest for the committee, given that we live in that world in terms of the media, we want to speak and we also want to ensure we are heard. Telephones should be on airplane mode at all times. Item 3B.5 is correspondence dated 29 January 2014, from Mr. William Treacy, regarding an appearance before the committee. This is to be noted.

Documents relating to today’s committee meeting include 3C.1, correspondence dated 31 January 2014 from Mr. John Crawley of the DDDA, regarding a briefing paper for matters to be considered at the meeting of 6 February 2014. This is to be noted and published. Item 3C.2 is correspondence dated 16 January 2014 from Professor Niamh Brennan, former chairman of the DDDA, regarding issues raised at meeting of the Committee of Public Accounts of 12 December 2013. This is to be noted and published. We will come back to this next week when we have taken the evidence today.