Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That will be a good report when we get it in the next couple of weeks. For now, I must formally name the organisations and that the Committee of Public Accounts has noted the laying of the accounts before the Oireachtas.

We normally name the organisations and that the Committee of Public Accounts has noted the laying of the accounts in the Oireachtas. Any query anyone has will come back to us when we get the summarised report.

The following financial statements and accounts have been received since our meeting on Wednesday, 14 December 2016: the Social Insurance Fund; the Irish Sports Council; Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission; Foyle, Carlingford and Irish Lights Commission - the Loughs Agency; the Commission for Energy Regulation; the National University of Ireland Maynooth; the Digital Hub Development Agency; the Commission for Aviation Regulation; Oifig Choimisinéir na dTeangacha Oifigiúla; State Examinations Commission; the Adoption Authority of Ireland; Special EU Programmes Body; National Standards Authority of Ireland; the Commission for Communications Regulation; the Environmental Protection Agency; University College Dublin; Údarás na Gaeltachta; the National Tourism Development Authority; Tourism Ireland Limited; Commission for Railway Regulation; National University of Ireland; the Institute of Technology Blanchardstown; Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board; City of Dublin Education and Training Board; National Economic and Social Development Office; Institute of Technology Sligo; Ollscoil na hÉireann Gaillimh; Fishery Harbour Centres; Marine Casualty Investigation Board; Irish Water Safety; An Bord Iascaigh Mhara; Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; Institute of Technology Tallaght and Dundalk Institute of Technology. They are all formally noted and we will discuss the ones by exception which had issues that the Comptroller and Auditor General drew to our attention when we get that report.

The next item on our agenda is the work programme. We will have a brief discussion on this. I have noted the following items, based on what members have said: the Health Service Executive, HSE, ongoing work on sections 38 and 39; the patients' fund; nursing homes; and we have just mentioned the capital expenditure issue. We have also said we want to deal with the third level institutions and with procurement. Our basic function is the Comptroller and Auditor General's report which he published last autumn. It has 18 chapters. We have already dealt with some of them and plan to deal with one or two next week. The outstanding areas we have to deal with over the coming months will be the Department of Finance, and the three chapters - Exchequer, outturn, Government debt and accounting and budget management. A meeting has to be held to discuss that because it is in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. We will then have to have a meeting with the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government because there is a chapter there about funding for local authorities and progress under the land aggregation schemes. There will be a meeting on procurement and management of contracts for direct provision, with the Department of Justice and Equality. There will also be a discussion of EU refunds and levies in the agriculture sector. There is nothing else for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine specifically. When the Departments appear before us we will deal with their total Vote and the specific issue that the Comptroller and Auditor General has raised. We will have to bring the Revenue Commissioners in once or twice to deal with their general revenue activities and there are chapters on trafficking, fuel laundering, the Revenue Commissioners' review of medical consultants' tax affairs, research and development tax credits, taxpayer compliance and deferral of tobacco stamp duty liability. We would not do all that in one day.