Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

The opening sentence of the email to the Committee of Public Accounts states that the following emails and attachments are a submission of evidence regarding major procurement failures by the OPW that have cost the taxpayer significant money. He is saying there are procurement failures by the OPW that have cost the taxpayer money. We cannot ignore the opening sentence. We will write to the Garda and the OPW for a response to the issues highlighted without getting into the specifics of the contract - the safety measures - and ask if they are satisfied that it was appropriate.

The next item is No. 2217C from the Irish Road Haulage Association, dated 5 June 2019, regarding concerns about how the road safety authority, RSA, performs its functions. It refers to what it sees as systemic shortcomings in governance. I propose to forward this item to the RSA for a response. Is that agreed? Agreed.

The next item is No. 2219C from an individual dated 5 June 2019 who is inquiring about the system of councillor allocations in county councils, in terms of how councillors get nominated to the different committees, in view of the fact that there is remuneration for some posts. This system is a policy matter.