Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Okay. Deputy Cullinane is quite right. As part of the process when we produce the next report, which we will come to shortly, we will ask the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to specifically address that question. We will include that in our next report which we will discuss shortly as part of our work programme. The point Deputy Cullinane raised is quite correct.

We now move to category C correspondence, which is from private individuals. No. 884C was carried overfrom the previous week. It is from an individual in the Irish Prison Service who made a protected disclosure. The person has previously written to the committee and he maintains that he continues to suffer in a number of ways including financially as a result of making the disclosure. The committee has written to the Minister on the matter drawing attention to the issues. We have yet to receive a full reply on the matter and the secretariat has followed up on the matter with the Minister's office. We will tell the Department of Justice and Equality that we need the reply by next week. Can we note the item?