Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Yes, the report is outstanding.

The next item is No. 1397 B from Mr. Robert Watt, Secretary General, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, providing information requested by the committee on guidance provided by the Department to public bodies on the management of protected disclosures.

We dealt with this item in private session on Tuesday. I wish to formally note and publish it.

The following three items are updates requested by the committee on sale of Bord Gáis. Correspondence 1430 B is from Mr. Robert Watt, Secretary General, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, and provides information requested. Correspondence No. 1443 B was held over from the last meeting. It is from Mr. Michael Goodwin, energy security division, Department of Communications, Climate Action and the Environment. It provides information requested by the committee on how it was intended to use the proceeds of the sale of Bord Gáis. Correspondence No.1445 B is from Mr. John McCarthy, Secretary General, Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government. It provides and notes information. We will note and publish these items. All three of these items are relevant to today's meeting with the National Treasury Management Agency because NewERA has a role relating to Bord Gáis. I have gone through that myself. All those items are relevant to today's meeting and we can discuss them during the course of the meeting. We will note and publish them.

Correspondence No. 1433 B was held over from the last meeting. It is from the Honourable John D. Cooke, sole member, commission of investigation, enclosing the second interim report of the Cooke commission of investigation. Members may wish to note that the timeframe for the commission's final report has been extended to 31 December 2018. I suggest we note and publish it but not comment on the work of the sole member lest it be interpreted as in some way trying to influence or criticise.