Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Is it agreed to hold this over until the report is published? Agreed. We will not take any further action at this point.

No. 2132C isa copy of an email sent to a number of people from an individual, dated 24 April 2019, expressing concern regarding the enrolment policy of a school in Navan, County Meath. This matter is not within our remit. We will note the item.

No. 2133C is correspondence from Ms Clare Rice, dated 22 April 2019, regarding the publication of her research paper on public accounts committees. While the focus of the paper is on the committee in Northern Ireland, Ms Rice obtained information from the previous Committee on Public Accounts here which fed into her research. I propose we thank Ms Rice for sharing her research with us. I encourage members to read it and learn lessons from it.

No. 2134C is from an individual, dated 29 May 2018, requesting the committee to investigate any public interest issue arising from a decision of the Information Commissioner regarding a freedom of information request. It is not our role to adjudicate on decisions of the Information Commissioner. There is an appeals mechanism inherent in this process and I propose to advise the correspondent accordingly. Is that agreed? Agreed.

No. 2139C is correspondence from an individual, dated 26 April 2019, requesting the committee to inquire about the payment of a severance package by Wexford Local Development Limited, as recommended by the Labour Court. The correspondent states that exhaustive efforts have been made to resolve this. This matter is not within the remit of the committee and I propose we inform the correspondent accordingly. Is that agreed? Agreed.

I will deal with the final two items and then ask Deputy Kelly to take the Chair.