Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will publish it and hold it over for discussion. We will keep it on the agenda for discussion but we will publish it in the meantime because people will be interested in that document.

The next item of correspondence is No. 1852B from Mr. Ciarán Breen, providing information requested by the committee regarding the total of all payments for compensation and the percentage of payments made by the State Claims Agency in respect of wards of court. It transpires that the majority of payments made are to people who have been made wards of court and last year 53% of the payments amounting to €121 million went to wards of court. This is a big issue. Over the five years under review, €500 million has gone in there, being managed by the Courts Service. We have to ask questions and the National Treasury Management Agency, NTMA, might manage that but that is a policy issue and we will come back to it.

No. 1857B from Dr. Des Fitzgerald, President of the University of Limerick, UL, providing information for today's meeting. We will note and publish it.

No. 1861B is from Mr. Stephen Kent, Bus Éireann, providing information on school transport, which I read earlier.

No. 1836C is from Mr. John Keaney, SIRO Ireland, who has declined his invitation to attend the committee. SIRO Ireland was one of the bidders for the national broadband plan. We note and publish that.

No. 1838C was from Mr. Thomas Reed, breeding director of Warmblood Studbook of Ireland. We have corresponded back and forward with him and the Department and sent a reply to him about state aid. I propose we ask for a note on the oversight arrangements between the Department and Horse Sport Ireland and to request a copy of the service level agreement for that organisation.

No. 1840C is from an individual, providing briefing for the members to the committee on matters in UL. We will note this but we are not publishing that item.

No. 1841C is from an individual, dated 15 January, providing briefing for members of the committee on matters in UL. We will note that so that members are aware of it for today's meeting but we are not publishing it.

No. 1842C is from Adam Ledwith, public policy manager with Eir, dated 14 January, accepting the invitation to attend the meeting of the committee on the national broadband plan.

No. 1843C is from Peter McCarthy, CEO of enet, accepting the invitation to attend the meeting of the committee on the national broadband plan.