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

Next we deal with correspondence relevant to today's meeting. We have received correspondence, dated 14 November 2014, from the Courts Service enclosing briefing material. The correspondence to be noted and published.

No. 3C.2 is correspondence received on 18 November 2014 from the Courts Service enclosing opening statement. The correspondence is to be noted and published.

We will return to an issue raised by Deputy John Deasy regarding the cost of the proposed merger of Carlow Institute of Technology and Waterford Institute of Technology. A considerable amount of correspondence has emerged since our meeting which we do not have listed for the meeting today, but which I intend to pass on to the committee. The correspondence raises many issues in respect of Waterford Institute of Technology generally. Correspondence on Cork Institute of Technology has also been received by the Comptroller and Auditor General and me which we should circulate.