Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I am drawing the discussion to a conclusion. This committee has never in the past or will never in the future allow its work to be dictated by timings of elections. In the previous Dáil, the committee met right up until, and including, the day of the dissolution when an election was imminent within weeks. The Committee of Public Accounts does not stop its work because elections are somewhere around the corner.

At this stage, I am proposing that, having considered Mr. Fraser's letter on 17 September, the committee has decided that it does not require legal advice on the matter and will on Tuesday, 25 September, proceed to examine the 2016 Appropriation Accounts - Vote 1 - President's Establishment. Is that agreed?