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

We have agreed the work programme and we are adding to it the discussion we just had on the scope of work the clerk, Mr. Ted McEnery, will do. He will present us with the reports from the Department of Education and Science. We can agree dates for that. A meeting is scheduled with the HSE for 6 November but we should continue to monitor its budget and spend in the past 12 months and notify it of the fact that it is an issue we will query with it arising from the previous meeting when we meet in November.

It might be helpful too if we were to schedule a meeting with Mr. Watt to discuss the issues we have just talked about, namely, procurement and other matters. We are due to discuss the matter under Vote 11 on 13 November. We will notify the Department that we will take up with it at the meeting the suggestions on local government, Poolbeg and all the matters that have been discussed. Deputy McDonald has left but, on public procurement, we committed to meet a group that appeared before the committee and we should set a date for such a meeting.