Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That is a policy issue for the Government. It is not going to happen today or tomorrow, but that information would be a useful contribution to the state of knowledge when Members participate in the debate in the Chamber when that comes up shortly.

I thank the witnesses for that. The day did go a bit longer than I expected. We slow down a little bit as the day goes on. We are completed and I thank the people from the HSE, the Department of Health, the State Claims Agency and the Comptroller and Auditor General for their attendance today.

To the people who are here regarding CervicalCheck, I think we had it pencilled in, and we mentioned earlier in relation to the hepatitis C report in the Comptroller and Auditor General's annual report that is due for discussion on Thursday, 22 November that we might have an update on CervicalCheck. I think we have gone as far as we can go on that issue today. That is my view, but I will have to get the committee to accept that at our next meeting. There is no one here to agree it, but I am of the view that the ground has been covered today and it would be pointless to ask the witnesses to come back on the same topic in two weeks. we will put that to the committee next week.

The meeting is adjourned until Thursday, 15 November when we will be meeting the Office of the Revenue Commissioners on following matters: from the Comptroller and Auditor General's report - chapter 17, Revenue's progress in tackling tobacco smuggling; and chapter 18, the management of high wealth individuals' tax liability; and the Vote for the Revenue Commissioners.