Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the witnesses for coming back. The committee met briefly in private session to discuss the progress of the meeting. The committee is disappointed that none of the post-project reviews has been published. It would have been of tremendous assistance to the public, the national Parliament and the Committee of Public Accounts to have a meaningful discussion in respect of value for money with regard to those projects. There is a commitment to publish them. It has not happened yet. We are told that some will be published in a couple of months' time. It is clear to this committee that, while we can have a useful engagement today, it will certainly not be possible for us to conclude our business as a result of today's meeting. That will have to wait until such time as we see some of these reviews published. We will be proceeding but we will not be able to conclude. I ask the Comptroller and Auditor General to give us some context in respect of where we are with this issue.