Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will now move on to the correspondence received. The first item, 950A, is the briefing document from the Revenue Commissioners' liaison officer for today's meeting. We will note and publish it. Item 956A, correspondence from Niall Cody, chairman of the Revenue Commissioners, is his opening statement. We will note and publish it.

Correspondence category B is correspondence from Accounting Officers and Ministers and follow-ups to Committee of Public Accounts meetings. The first item is 933B, correspondence received from Mr. Robert Watt, Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, dated 16 November 2017, regarding the transfer of assets of dissolved companies to the State. This is held over from last week's meeting, so I suggest we note and publish it. Members are free to study it and use it as they see fit.

The next item is 942B from Mr. David Carson of Deloitte regarding the report carried out by Deloitte entitled Independent Review of the Cost of Care Incurred by a Service Provider. This relates to the Grace case. The committee had requested an earlier draft of the report produced in May 2017. Mr. Carson states that providing such a draft would set a precedent and that a draft report is incomplete and subject to change. He states that he cannot provide draft reports to a party that is seeking to rely on them for any matter contrary to the basis on which they were prepared. He does, however, provide explanatory information on the particular issue we spoke about. We would not want our draft reports circulated until completed so, as Chairman, I understand what he is saying. There is an item of correspondence there. Does anyone wish to comment on it?