Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The committee is joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, as a permanent witness to this committee, and he is accompanied today by Ms Ruth Foley, the deputy director of audit. No apologies have been received.

I welcome Deputy Pat Deering to the Committee of Public Accounts. Dáil Éireann has approved his appointment to this committee. We welcome him to his first meeting this morning.