Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will not just leave it at that. We will follow through and write to the four groups mentioned in the schedule about the issue. I thank the Deputy for following through on the point.

Item No. 1969 is correspondence sent to An Garda Síochána by the organisation Former Local Authority Members Éire, FLAME, about the winding up of the Association of Municipal Authorities of Ireland. We note the correspondence which is extensive and was copied to us. The committee needs to take no action on the matter.

Item No. 1970 relates to property purchase and a decision made by the Property Registration Authority. The individual is unhappy with the outcome. However, the matter is not within the remit of the committee. The person concerned had an issue with how the Property Registration Authority had dealt with title deeds and took the case to the Ombudsman.

She wrote to the Ombudsman seeking assistance on the matter but because the Property Registration Authority of Ireland, PRAI, had said in its response that she could appeal to the courts it looks as if the Ombudsman said she still has an option. However, that is not an option in the public service. What I want to do is write to the Ombudsman to ask not about the particular case but to set out the process on how it deals with cases from the PRAI. I will ask what the office deems a case it can take up or whether it requires people to go to court before coming back to the Ombudsman. That should not be the case. We will write to the Ombudsman for a general note on how it deals with cases in that organisation, but we are not dealing specifically with the case at hand. We will note that.

No. 1986C is from Deputy Jonathan O'Brien in relation to the national paediatric hospital development board. The paediatric hospital will be on our work programme so we will note it and agree to discuss it in our work programme.

No. 1988C is a copy for the committee of correspondence with the solicitors disciplinary tribunal. That is not under any circumstances within the remit of the committee so we will note the item.

Next, we will deal with statements and accounts received since the last meeting. We will move quickly through that.