Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The other committee wishes to carry out certain examinations. There will be no duplication. Two committees will not do the same job. We have done a large volume of work. The Deputy's point is that we need to complete our work, which will be beneficial to other committees as they will not have to go back over ground already dealt with by this committee. We will discuss it further at our next meeting in two weeks.

On the work programme, we will not sit next Thursday, as members are aware. I propose that we postpone our engagement with the Courts Service until June. It was scheduled to appear next Thursday, but the Dáil will not sit on that day and it is unlikely that members will be in Leinster House. We have identified 27 June to meet the Courts Service. The intention is to have two sessions on that day, the first with the Courts Service and the second with the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission. I do not wish to drop the meeting with the Courts Service. We might be able to hold a morning session and an afternoon session. We will organise timing accordingly.

On the meeting with the Department of Finance, chapters 2 and 3 of the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General are listed for discussion with the Department on 30 May. The chapters were already discussed during the committee's engagement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and, as such, I wish to formally take them off the agenda for the meeting with the Department of Finance. We do not want any unnecessary duplication.