Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will come to that. We will ask the secretariat to clarify that for the next meeting, together with the other items of correspondence we have not received that we will have before us the next day.

Correspondence No. 1102B is from Mr. Patrick Hopkins, chairperson of the Charities Regulator providing requested information for today’s meeting regarding charities holding shares in section 110 companies. We will note and publish that. We will discuss it with the Revenue Commissioners after lunch.

Correspondence category C is related to private individuals and any other correspondence. Correspondence No. 1068C is from a whistleblower regarding the University of Limerick dated 7 February 2018. The individual has been in contact with the committee previously and has sent a copy of a letter sent to the president of the University of Limerick for the attention of the committee. The individual expresses hurt that some of the people employed by the college who, she believes, cost her her job, have not been held to account. Can we note the correspondence for now? The letter states that the individual would welcome the opportunity to meet the Committee of Public Accounts either privately or publicly with reference to the email attached. As High Court proceedings are involved, we certainly will not hold a public meeting with the whistleblower. We will either do it in private or the members of the committee will find some mechanism.

I call Deputy Cullinane, followed by Deputy Kelly and Deputy Murphy.