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

We will write to the Garda Commissioner and Taoiseach and respond to the HSE, perhaps send a transcript of the meeting and say for the HSE to treat vulnerable individuals who are intellectually challenged in this way is to deprive people without a voice of their rights. Strikingly, the Committee of Public Accounts has been the committee to take up the challenge and I commend Deputy Deasy on his work on it. We note it and will pursue it as agreed.

Documents relating to today's delegations, including the opening statement, are before the committee and are to be noted for our next sessions. Reports, statements and accounts received are noted from Nos. 4.1 to 4.16. No. 4.13 is a report on the Special EU Programmes Body. According to the audit outcome, "Attention is drawn to Note 23 which sets out the current status of investigations into two projects, funded in past years, where ineligible expenditure of £581,000 has been identified." The audit outcome of No. 4.15, County Limerick Vocational Education Committee is, "Attention drawn to weaknesses in the committee’s control over capital projects and the steps being taken (by Limerick and Clare ETB) to resolve the matter." No. 4.16 is University College Cork, and the audit result states:

UCC recognises a deferred pension funding asset (a total of €1 billion), which is consistent with the approach to pension accounting generally across the university sector. However, within the total is an amount of €10.7 million in respect of professional added years.

These are issues to which our attention has been drawn regarding these accounts and they can be taken up by the next committee. All of those accounts are to be noted.

No. 5 is our work programme. We have scheduled a meeting for next week to deal with the postal code project. Most committees are finishing their work this week. Do the members want to schedule a meeting for next week to deal with the matter?