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

3B.6, correspondence, received from an anonymous source regarding overstaffing and waste in HSE nursing homes, to be noted and forwarded to the HSE for a note on the matter. We can return to it when we get that response.

3B.7, correspondence, received from Mr. William Treacy regarding ongoing issues with Horse Racing Ireland, to be noted. 3B.8, correspondence, dated 18 September 2014 from Mr. Tom Moran, Secretary General at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, regarding Charles Farrell, to be noted and a copy forwarded to Mr. Farrell. Last week I asked the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a reply on a long outstanding issue relative to the Fleury case. I understand that matter was before the courts. After 160 summonses over a period of ten years, and I am sure substantial legal costs, the matter, so far as I am aware, is not being pursued by the Department. In other words, the case has ended. I think we should get an idea of the costs involved in this and in the other cases that were mentioned.

I refer to the letter re Charles Farrell which is an ongoing issue. We have asked for the papers relating to that case but we have not got them in full.