Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Please bear with me for 20 seconds. On behalf of the Committee of Public Accounts I thank all of our witnesses from NUIG, the HEA, the Department of Education and Skills and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Before we go I want the assistance of Members for a moment because I want to clarify a piece of committee business. Members are all familiar with the situation where our parliamentary assistants or secretarial assistants can have access to documents on our behalf. I have put in a request for a researcher. As he is technically a researcher upstairs I am told I have to get approval from the committee to allow him to get the documents. Is that agreed? Agreed.