Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

It is unsigned. There is no name, no address and no mention of any part of the country. When HSE representatives are before the committee, members will be free to raise the issues referred to in the correspondence.

Item Nos. 266C, i to iv, and 267C, i and ii, are correspondence received from an individual, enclosing various newspaper articles on the payment of public moneys by Dublin City Council for the Ballymun regeneration programme. The clerk has been in touch with the individual concerned to seek clarification which we have just received. It will be circulated to all members shortly. I suggest we delay consideration of this item and return to it next week. Officials of the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government will attend the committee shortly. I suggest we consider the matter next week and put the Department on notice that we will specifically raise it when we deal with the Ballymun regeneration programme. It involves the use of pyrite. The Comptroller and Auditor General dealt with the programme several years ago, but this is a specific issue. The programme is also funded by the Department, not just by Dublin City Council. The Department is the paymaster for everything involved.