Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes. Today was the exception because we do not have any public witnesses coming in. That was the reason.

We are joined today by the Comptroller and Auditor General. For the benefit of people watching these proceedings, we are having a brief public meeting this morning to deal with routine correspondence and our work programme for the next couple of weeks. After a very short period, we will go into private session to commence our discussion on a draft report on the Garda Síochána and the Templemore issue. The majority of today's meeting will be in private session.

I will proceed straight away to item No. 1. Are the minutes of the meetings of 20 and 22 June noted and agreed to? Agreed.

There are no matters of relevance arising from the business we are dealing with today.

No. 603B, carried over from last week’s meeting,is correspondence dated 16 June 2017 from Maurice Buckley, Chairman, Office of Public Works, OPW, regarding a 2013 request by the Department of Education and Skills to provide office accommodation for Caranua with instructions from the Department that Caranua would meet the appropriate rental costs. The correspondence will be noted and published.If any member wants to use the correspondence or raise a further-----