Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

No. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will be here. There are three topics: the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Vote; international co-operation and the Ireland bilateral aid Vote; and the Passport Office. We will ask the Passport Office how it is handling the €50 million in public money it gets annually and how efficient it is. We will all hear that staff are run off their feet but there is something seriously wrong with the management there. In 2016, income was €12.3 million ahead of expectations due to a significant increase in passports but we hear that every year. It should know that summer comes around every year.

We will ask for an explanation on that. Representatives of the Passport Office will be here next week.

On 28 June we will have representatives of the Tax Appeals Commission and the Office of the Revenue Commissioners in to discuss the write-off of taxation debt. On 5 July, we will have the HSE in on its most recent financial statement which will be available at that time. On 12 July we will have a report on the National Treasury Management Agency's financial statements which will include the State Claims Agency regarding the topics we discussed earlier.

Perhaps all members received the letter I have. We discussed the issue of the funding baseline for various local authorities and I received a letter, dated 5 June, from the Department saying a consultation process is commencing. Members can comment on the process until 3 July. If they do not have that letter I will ask the secretariat to circulate my copy because several members expressed an interest in that topic. If they have something to say, that is the formal process by which to say it.