Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We need to know where we are going with redacted documents as a general rule here at this committee. We will follow up both. I assure the Deputy the item will not slip off the agenda.

No. 715 is correspondence from the Secretary General of the Department of Education and Skills dated 19 July in response to a request from the committee regarding the building of a boat on school premises in Carraroe, County Galway. The Department requested the chairman of the board of management of the school to arrange for each of the issues raised in correspondence to be investigated. The chairman responded to the Department on 4 July with a comprehensive report. A four-page extract of the report is enclosed for the information of the committee. The Department has also arranged for the financial services support unit to undertake a financial audit of the school's accounts and has said it will keep the committee updated. I propose we note this correspondence. As it follows from an anonymous source to start with, we cannot attribute it specifically to any person. It is noted and published.

The next item is dated 24 July from the Secretary General of the Department of Finance following a request for information from the committee at our meeting on 6 July. We asked ten specific questions. He provides the information so we note and publish it. Members are free to follow it up in any way they like and come back to it again at a further date if they want.

No. 719B dated 26 July is from the office of the president of NUI Galway following a request from the committee for further details on the sale of intellectual property. We will note it and people can take it on board.

No. 720B is correspondence from the Secretary General of the Department of Education and Skills following a request from the committee regarding the transfer of properties from the Sisters of Charity, in particular properties being transferred as a contribution towards the costs incurred by the State with regard to institutional child abuse. The letter sets out the status of properties being transferred as requested. Deputy Connolly has an interest in this.