Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Fine. We will return to that at the next meeting because fair points have been raised this morning.

The next item is 113B, correspondence received from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform informing the committee of the appointment of Commissioner John McMahon as chairman and accounting officer of the Office of Public Works. I take this opportunity to thank the outgoing chairperson, Ms Clare McGrath, for all the work she has done for the OPW and wish her the very best for the future. We will note the correspondence. Is that agreed? Agreed.

The next item is 102C, an e-mail from Deputy Cullinane enclosing correspondence from Nua Healthcare on concerns about public sector tendering for a residential disability service. We will hold that over until the Deputy is present at the next meeting.

Items 108C.1 to No. 108C.4, inclusive, constitute correspondence from an individual in reply to a letter issued by the committee following a discussion on the original submission made on behalf of that individual. We had a detailed discussion on this a week or two ago. He has requested other actions by the committee, including a meeting with the individual. I propose that we write to the individual confirming that the committee does not intend to take any further action and that any further correspondence will be held on file but not discussed by the meeting. It is the issue we discussed at length and he has written back again. We will hold future correspondence on file. Is that agreed? Agreed.

The next item is statements and reports of accounts from public bodies received since the last meeting. There are only a couple on this list today. The list is coming up on screen for members. The first item concerns the Food Safety Authority of Ireland's clean audit report and the second concerns St. Angela's College, Sligo, which provides home economic teacher education and nursing and health studies. Attention is drawn to the recognition of a deferred pension funding asset. The same remark is there for many third level institutions.

The final item relates to Quality and Qualifications Ireland, which quality assures providers of further and higher education and training.

There was a clear audit report there.

We now move on to the work programme of the committee, the draft of which was circulated to members. Today's meeting will hear from officials of the Department of Social Protection. Next Tuesday, 25 October, a number of NAMA officials will come before us, possibly accompanied by former officials of the agency. The attendance list is not yet finalised. That meeting will commence at 10 a.m. We then have a gap because the Dáil is not sitting the following week. The next meeting will be on Thursday, 10 November.