Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will have a private session and we might discuss that but the Deputy's point is well taken. The workload is increasing and that is absolutely definite.

The next item is correspondence No. 1330B from Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú, Secretary General, Department of Education and Skills, dated 18 May 2018 providing a detailed note in relation to the following: the approach to national procurement by the education and training board, ETB, sector, the systems, number of staff and support given to the ETBs on procurement and a response to the final paragraph of the letter from the Chief Executive of Galway and Roscommon ETB to the committee. We will note and publish that and people are free to use that information.

The next item is correspondence No. 1334B from Mr. Derek Moran, Secretary General of the Department of Finance, providing an information note requested by the committee regarding the statement of claim in the proceedings against the Minister for Finance pertaining to the terms and conditions of remuneration and expenses of the special liquidators, and their oversight by the Department. We will note that and we will be discussing that issue in private session today. Deputy Mac Sharry is not here so we will hold it over.

The next item is correspondence Nos. 1336B and 1337B on the CervicalCheck claims controversy and the letter from the State Claims Agency so we will hold all of that together.

The item is correspondence No. 1338B from Mr. Ray Mitchell. This is on a separate issue providing information requested by the committee as follows: Our Lady’s Hospice Harold’s Cross review of general account and fundraising report; Our Lady’s Hospice Harold’s Cross procurement and HR training report; submissions on behalf of the former CEO of Our Lady’s Hospice Harold’s Cross for the report entitled "General Account and Fundraising"; submission on behalf of the former CEO of Our Lady’s Hospice Harold’s Cross for report entitled "Procurement and HR training"; and, letter re Our Lady's Hospice audit to Kane Tuohy. solicitors for the HSE. Mr. Mitchell requests that as Our Lady’s Hospice Harold’s Cross report is subject to a Garda investigation and that we do not publish it in unredacted form or deal with it publicly. Can we note this, we might discuss it tonight but I have looked at some of this? This matter has been aired very publicly on the national airwaves. I am discussing this now briefly and I am asking people not to say anything that might implicate any particular individual because if there are Garda investigations under way we will certainly not cut across those. However, I think there are matters on the internal audit that are smack bang within the remit of this committee to discuss and we will do that so I hope people will understand what I am saying there.