Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 June 2019

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

9:00 am

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

No. 2274, from Mr. Robert Watt, Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, dated 25 June, concerns information requested by the committee and the Department's communication with the Department of Health on the national paediatric hospital. A number of freedom of information requests on the matter have been processed by the Department. Mr. Watt indicates that the information will be shared with the committee.

He said the officials are happy to share the records from the documents released under freedom of information. We will ask that that be submitted as soon as possible. I take it other freedom of information requests are in the system, and some have been dealt with. We will ask for those immediately, as they should be on the public record, and that we receive the new ones as they become available. We note and publish that and will keep an eye that we be given new ones in due course.

No. 2278B is from Mr. Gerard Dollard, CEO, Irish Greyhound Board, dated 25 June 2019 enclosing an organisational restructuring report and a note in relation to the "Prime Time" programme that was broadcast last night. This was referred to at last week's meeting on Bord na gCon and the grants which it receives from the Exchequer every year. Deputy MacSharry mentioned that a report had been produced by Preferred Results Ltd., dated 29 September 2017. We undertook to seek a copy of that report. The Greyhound Board was aware that it had been mentioned and forwarded it to us. I have not had an opportunity to read it. It is 60 or 70 pages. We will not discuss last night's programme but the report is there arising from the grant the Exchequer pays to Bord na gCon.

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