Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There is correspondence on its way back from IDA Ireland and we will discuss the matter next week. We will note that and hold it over until next week.

Nos.850C and 868C are items of correspondence, dated 19 October 2017 and 1 November 2017, from myself with responses to two parliamentary questions on the costs associated with the opening of Stepaside Garda station in 2016 and 2017. The replies state that no costs have been incurred in 2016 or 2017 to date. We will note these answers. We had a lot of discussion on this issue and I understand that a further parliamentary question has recently been replied to by the Minister for Justice and Equality. The aforementioned two parliamentary questions were replied to by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and relate to the role of the OPW in connection with the building itself. There is a reply on its way from the Minister for Justice and Equality on the same topic. We will note that. Representatives of An Garda Síochána are scheduled to appear before us again at a later date and I am sure that the matter will be raised by someone at that point.

The next item, No. 851C, is correspondence dated 26 October 2017 from Dr. Anne Taheny, President of St. Angela’s College, providing a note as requested by the committee on corporate governance at the college, the legal costs of an ongoing contractual dispute, the impact on services and the financial position of the college. We have also received correspondence, No. 859C, from the Secretary General at the Department of Education and Skills, Mr. Séan Ó Foghlú, providing a note on the legal costs and impact on services of the contractual dispute at St. Angela’s College. The other party in the contractual dispute had written to the committee on the matter. Both notes are quite comprehensive. I do not believe it is appropriate for the committee to involve itself in such a contractual dispute, especially one that has been subject to High Court consideration. I propose that we write to the individual enclosing copies of the correspondence received and relaying the message that it is not the committee's intention to pursue the matter any further. Is that agreed? Agreed.