Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will write to the Minister for Justice and Equality in respect of categories B and C. The Department says that it is bringing forward new legislation — the criminal justice (community sanctions) Bill — which must include some revision to the operation of the court poor box. We will ask the Minister to take this into consideration and give us his views on the matter.

The next item of correspondence, dated 16 February 2018, is No. 1125B, from the Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Deputy Ciarán Cannon. Enclosed is an invitation to the committee to travel to Tanzania to view Irish Aid interventions. This is related to the Comptroller and Auditor General's chapter on the control of Ireland's bilateral assistance programme. Can we note the correspondence? Noted. The committee has already agreed that such a visit would be worthwhile, and the secretariat is liaising with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on the practicalities. We note that. The matter will come back before us.

No.1129B is correspondence from Mr. McCarthy, the Comptroller and Auditor General, enclosing a note, as requested by the committee, setting out how State bodies account for property in their financial statements. I have not had an opportunity in this regard. We will note and publish the correspondence. We need to have it in our body of knowledge as committee members.