Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We now come to items 167B(i) and (ii), correspondence from NAMA attaching a document on impairment figures and Project Eagle. We have noted and published that and will put it in our Project Eagle folder.

Category C is correspondence from private individuals. Items 120C(i) to (iii) deal with a letter from an individual on alleged illegal state aid to the construction sector. The issues in the correspondence are detailed and complex. I propose we refer it the Departments of Finance and Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation for a response. It is a very technical letter and I would like to get a response before we consider it. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Item 121C is a confirmation letter from Mr. Robert Farrer-Brown, general counsel and managing director to Lazard, stating that Mr. Patrick Long will attend the Committee of Public Accounts meeting on Tuesday, 22 November 2016. We will note and publish that. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Item 124C is a letter from an individual regarding Caranua alleging an issue regarding extensive use of travel. While we agreed to put Caranua on our work programme at our previous meeting, I propose we forward a copy of the letter with information attached and seek a response in the interim. Is that agreed? Agreed

Items 125C is a letter from an individual entitled "Will PAC cover this up?" We have had a number of items of correspondence from this individual. Given the allegations within, I propose we refer it to the Office of the Parliamentary Legal Adviser. I have also stated in an earlier meeting that issues raised by the individual have been raised in other fora also. I cannot see how, given our work programme at the moment, we can give the matter further consideration. I propose that once we complete our hearings on NAMA, we review all the correspondence received from this individual since the start of this Dáil and we make a decision on how and if we can proceed any further at that stage. I propose that we commit to doing this by the end of January. These are the long handwritten - not typed - letters, so people will know the ones I am talking about. Can we agree also that any further correspondence will be held until then? We are asking the parliamentary legal adviser for advice on these letters.