Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy is absolutely correct in everything he says and we will do what he requests. Essentially, the response is unsatisfactory from the committee's point of view. We wrote asking for copies of a report and the organisation responded by pointing to reports that it had already published on foot of freedom of information, FOI, requests. Those reports, by the way, are heavily redacted. We have received nothing of significance that is not already in the public arena. We will ask again because those involved must accept that the Committee of Public Accounts is entitled to a little more information than that made available to any individual under FOI legislation. We have been treated as if we are just ordinary citizens requesting a copy of a particular document. The response is unsatisfactory. We will also ask the organisation to reconsider the report and the redactions because the request is coming from this committee, not from an individual citizen. We will hold this over for now. We should not dignify the response by publishing something that has already been published under FOI.

Are we agreed that we should write to the organisation again, requesting a more detailed response, minus the redactions? Should we put Our Lady's Hospice and Care Services in Harold's Cross on notice that we intend to invite its representatives to appear before us? Are members of the view that we should do so?