Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That could mean it would not be made available until the end of October, which would be no good. We will ask the Minister to publish the report straightaway, explain to him that we have a meeting scheduled for 29 September and that we must have it in sufficient time in advance to allow us to conduct a productive meeting on that date and ask him to publish it much earlier, if possible. Is it agreed that we formally write to the Minister on that basis? Agreed.

On the work programme, we have said we will deal with third level institutions as part of it. There will be the normal work programme as a result of the Comptroller and Auditor General's report at the end of September. We have also included Tusla and Inland Fisheries Ireland. Over the course of the summer if members wish to include specific items, they should forward them to the committee secretariat. We know what we will be doing in the first couple of meetings; on the first day we will be dealing with the special report on public sector severance payments and then Project Eagle for a couple of meetings. We might require to have more than our weekly Thursday meeting to deal with it as otherwise everything else will slide. We will have to make arrangements for that he happen when we return.