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

Are there any other matters? No.

I will set out correspondence since our meeting on Thursday, 11 December 2014. First we will deal with correspondence from Accounting Officers. No. 3A.1 is correspondence dated 10 December 2014 received from Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú, Department of Education and Skills, re follow-up to our meeting of 15 May. This is to be noted and published. Next is correspondence dated 9 December from Brendan Ryan, Accounting Officer of the Courts Service regarding follow-up to our meeting of 23 October. This is to be noted and published. This correspondence is relevant to our forthcoming report on wards of court. Deputy Deasy has queried the cost of cancelled court sittings. I suggest we write to the Courts Service and ask for a detailed analysis of those costs. No. 3A.3 is correspondence dated 10 December from Mr. Jim Breslin, Secretary General, Department of Health. This is a follow-up to our meeting on 6 November 2014. This is to be noted and published.

Individual correspondence is next. No. 3B.1 relates to terms and conditions of employment at UCC. This to be noted and forwarded to the Department of Education and Skills for a note on the matters raised. No. 3B.2 is correspondence received from the Department of Finance regarding liability for local property tax. This is to be noted and a copy forward to Ms Naughton, who raised the original query. No. 3B.2 is correspondence received from a HSE employee, who wants to remain anonymous, regarding the extent to which many staff of the HSE have received upgrades. This is to be noted and forwarded to the Department of Health and the HSE for a note on the matters raised. No. 3B.4 is correspondence received from the Institute of Technology, Tralee regarding money spent on the design of Kerry sports academy. This is to be noted. Is this to be published?