Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

That will be discussed at the committee discussing the Estimates for the Department of Justice and Equality rather than at the Committee of Public Accounts. The next debate on the funding for that will take place at the Select Committee on Justice and Equality when it discusses the Estimates for the coming year. I propose that we write to the individual accordingly. Can we close the matter from the technical point of view of the Committee of Public Accounts? We know it is not closed and members will continue to raise it. With the Joint Committee on Justice and Equality we have ensured that it came to the Dáil Chamber and was discussed there. I do not think we can take it back from the debate in the Dáil Chamber to reconsider what was discussed. That is not our remit. It is a matter for the Dáil at this stage and the Select Committee on Justice and Equality can discuss the Estimates. We will write on that basis. Is that agreed? Agreed.

No. 2428 dated 2 October 2019 comes from Deputy Catherine Murphy, who has provided the committee with a number of replies to parliamentary questions regarding consultancy costs across Departments. Can we note them?