Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

We will list it for the committee's work programme in September. We have the report. It accepts it will take a number of years. This is two years. By implication, as the Deputy said, it is not there yet, which was the essence of last night's programme.

We now move to correspondence with private individuals, category C. No. 2243C is from an individual dated 9 June 2019 in relation to the wards of court issue. The correspondent previously made a number of inquiries regarding this matter and a Dáil debate is awaited in relation to a report by the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality on the matter. While the individual would like to see the Committee of Public Accounts' terms of reference amended to allow it to look at the matter, amending the terms of reference is a matter for the Oireachtas. The Committee of Public Accounts cannot unilaterally do it. This is a matter which has been looked at by the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality. I have spoken to the Ceann Comhairle. The matter is listed, but I do not have a date. A report was produced by our colleagues on the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality specifically on the wards of court issue. I encourage members of this committee to participate in that debate in the Dáil when it takes place and during which they can make the relevant points. The Dáil debate on the justice committee's report is the next step.