Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Is that agreed to by the committee? Agreed. I will ask the clerk to consult me about the letter to be sent from the committee. We will include in it the questions to which I referred.

The next item on the agenda is correspondence. The first items, Nos. 784A and 785A, are the briefing document and opening statement from IDA Ireland for today’s meeting. We will note and publish them.

Item No. 774B is correspondence received from Mr. Neil McDermott of the Higher Education Authority, HEA, confirming that third level institutions have been requested to provide details of the engagement of all external consultancy firms and consultants and associated costs, as well as of those appointed to carry out investigations and provide legal advice. The HEA expects to be in a position to provide the information requested by the committee later this month. We will note and publish the correspondence.

Item No. 775B is correspondence, dated 26 September, received from Mr. Tony O’Brien, director general of the Health Service Executive, HSE. It includes the independent review of the cost associated with the care of "Grace" and the Deloitte report to which we referred. Does any member wish to comment on it? We are scheduled to meet representatives of the HSE on 26 October to discuss section 38 and section 39 organisations. It might be worth having this matter as part of the discussion and engagement with the HSE on that day. We will put it on notice that we will raise the specific matter at that meeting. We will, however, have to be mindful of the work of the commission of investigation established by the Oireachtas. We need to stick to that exact report. It could go very far and deep, but we do not want to trespass across the work of the commission.