Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There are two chapters in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. We have already written to Revenue asking that it appear before the committee to deal with those two chapters on smuggling of tobacco and high wealth individuals but I think it would be possible to deal with the Vote as well. Discussion of the chapter on high wealth individuals will stray into other areas. It would be helpful if we could deal with the Vote as well at next week's meeting. In general, when we are dealing with a chapter in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report we try to also deal with the Vote if the Department concerned is not too big, otherwise we are bringing officials here on numerous occasions. There is a limit to how many meetings we can hold.

Correspondence 1684 is from Mr. Robert Watts, Secretary General, Department of Education and Skills, dated 24 October 2018 enclosing a minute from the Minister for Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform on the committee's third periodic report from January to May 2018. We dealt with the two previous reports in the last half hour. We will note and publish this correspondence for now. We will come back to it as soon as I have had time to read it in detail. I will try to examine over the coming days, with a view to the committee being able to clear it next week.

Correspondence 1685 is from Mr. Maurice Coughlan, principal officer - finance and accounts section - Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government, dated 25 October providing evidence of engagement between the Department and major partners for delivery through partnership and shared vision. We did not note this correspondence at our last meeting, but we did receive it that day.