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

We will have to inform them when they come in as to what we mean by urgent.

We will deal with correspondence. There is correspondence from Mr. Mark Griffin, Secretary General of the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, following up on our meeting on 7 May 2015. It is to be noted and published.

Item 3A.2 is correspondence from Ms Clare McGrath, chairperson of the OPW, regarding the chartered surveyors' submission to strengthening Civil Service accountability and performance. It is to be noted and published.

Item 3A.3 is correspondence, dated 5 June 2015, from the HSE following up on the meeting on 23 April 2015. It is to be noted and published.

Item 3A.4 is correspondence, dated 5 June 2015, from Mr. Jim Breslin, Secretary General of the Department of Heath, regarding an investigation into abuse of people with disabilities in a foster home in the south east. It is to be noted and published.

Item 3A.5 is correspondence, dated 5 June 2015, from Mr. Noel Waters, the acting Secretary General of the Department of Justice and Equality, with an update on the criminal justice (fixed charge processing system) working group. It is to be noted and published.

Item 3A.6 is correspondence, dated 5 June 2015, from the HSE following up on our meeting on 23 April 2015. It is to be noted and published.

I now come to individual correspondence. A number of issues have been responded to and they really require further comment and discussion. As we have two sessions today, I propose that we should revisit those items of correspondence again next week when we have time to do so. Some correspondence relates to the OPW. There are HSE issues regarding the foster home that was being investigated. I express my absolute dismay that the gardaí who have come back to me directly have said that there may not be prosecutions owing to insufficient evidence and so on. I find it absolutely appalling and it needs to be discussed again by the committee.

In the course of the replies from the HSE there are issues about those who were employed to investigate and the committee needs to revisit the matter. The correspondence mentions that the HSE spends €40 million on legal fees and we need to investigate that.