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

Are the minutes of the meeting of 1 October 2015 agreed? Agreed. There are no matters arising.

We will now deal with correspondence from Accounting Officers and Ministers. Correspondence has been received from the HSE on prompt payment compensation, to be noted and published. This is an ongoing issue, particularly within the health sector, and chapter 19 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report deals specifically with this issue. The HSE will be before the committee on 22 October and this chapter and particular issue can be dealt with at that stage.

Correspondence has been received from Dr. Maria Hinfelaar, president of Limerick Institute of Technology, LIT, regarding the issue of surplus staff in LIT, to be noted and published. This letter clarifies the position of staff who were supernumerary following the amalgamation of Tipperary Institute to LIT. I note the four surplus staff have been redeployed and the whole amalgamation, on the basis of the points being made by the president, is delivering a better utilisation of resources.