Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We are joined from the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General by Mr. Andy Harkness, director of audit, and Ms Maureen Mulligan, deputy director of audit.

Apologies have been received from Deputy Shane Cassells and Deputy Pat Deering.

The minutes of the meeting of 19 April 2018 have been circulated. Are they agreed? Agreed.

The next item covers matters arising. I do not thing there is anything arising that will not come up in the course of our agenda.

The next item is correspondence. There are three categories of correspondence. Category A relates to briefing documents and opening statements. No. 1241A from Ms Oonagh McPhillips, acting Secretary General, Department of Justice and Equality, includes an opening statement and briefing for today's meeting. We will note and publish it.

Category B relates to correspondence from Accounting Officers and Ministers, follow-up correspondence to Committee of Public Accounts meetings and other items for publishing.

No. 1223B was held over from the last meeting. It was from Mr. Michael Nolan of Transport Infrastructure Ireland. This is follow-up information requested at our meeting on 22 March 2018. We had a query and we agreed to hold it over. The response has been submitted and I believe it deals with the queries raised the last day. The document is available but we did not discuss it. We can note and publish it. If anyone wants to follow up on the matter please do so subsequently. No. 1248A is the opening statement for today.

No. 1231B is from Mr. David Leahy, chief executive of Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board, dated 16 April 2018. We had a query on the financial statements for 2016 and in particular the disclosure relating to compliance with national procurement. The correspondence provides details of the steps taken to address this issue. Do members want to note the document?