Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We agreed that we will publish that letter from the Department of Education and Skills.

The next item is No. 1642B from Mr. Derek Finnegan of the parliamentary affairs division in the Department of Health, providing an update requested by the committee regarding the value for money review of public nursing homes. The letter is essentially saying that it will be next year before the review is completed. I will put the letter up on the screen in order that we can see what it says. He stated there are a number of legal issues that are almost completed and the Department hopes to have this work completed by the first quarter of 2019, so he is saying the end of March. He also says that he is still waiting for an update on the audit of empty beds in public hospitals and he will revert again when he receives that information. We need to mark down that this is only a holding reply. We will note and publish that holding reply.

The next item is No. 1643B from Mr. Paddy O'Keeffe from the Tax Appeals Commission, dated 12 October 2018 responding to information requested by the committee on bringing the 78 appeals mentioned in previous correspondence to conclusion. We will note and publish this.