Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

They will say we did not ask the right questions but we expect them to be a bit more open. We expect them to assist us. The point is well made and we will come back to it. That is the OPW situation.

The next item is No. 625B, correspondence received on 30 June 2017 from An Garda Síochána. The document provides an analysis of expenditure relating to the Garda College division from 2009 to 2016 as requested by the committee. We note and publish that and will discuss it as part of our compilation and report on the Templemore issue.

The next two items, Nos. 654B(i) and 654B(ii), comprise correspondence, dated 29 June, from Dr. Brendan Murphy, President of Cork Institute of Technology, on the 2015 financial statements. This was requested at our meeting. I have asked the people finalising the report on third-level institutions to review the document. We hope to have the final sign-off on that education report in private session later today. I have asked for anything that needs to be in our draft report to be brought forward. In fairness, it is a good and comprehensive reply on the information we sought. We have to acknowledge that a lot of information has been provided there.

The next item is correspondence dated 30 June from the Dublin Institute of Technology enclosing a breakdown of the library budget and legal fees for 2014 to 2016. That or extracts from it can be considered for inclusion our report which we hope to finalise this afternoon and launch early next week. We will come to our work programme shortly. The correspondence is noted and will be published.

The next item is correspondence dated 3 July 2017 from Mr. John Barrett, executive director of human resources and people development in An Garda Síochána. We will come to that in a minute with the other Garda correspondence to take the two together.

The next item is No. 659B, correspondence received on 30 June 2017 from University College Cork enclosing information requested at the meeting of 22 June on the acquisition of IMI and on the Irish Maritime and Energy Research Cluster, IMERC, of companies. I have asked for that information to be taken into consideration in the report we hope to finalise this afternoon. In fairness, UCC provides comprehensive answers to the questions we asked. We have good information there. It is interesting that both CIT and UCC deal with a common interest in the IMERC and have provided a briefing note on the group of companies. We received the same document from both on foot of our questions last week.