Michael McNamara (Clare, Independent) | Oireachtas source

We have been notified that Deputy Costello will substitute for his party colleague, as will Deputies Ward, Ó Murchú, Devlin and McAuliffe. We take the 12 items of correspondence as noted. I want to discuss one item, namely, that relating to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, in private session at 4 p.m. when we are discussing the draft report on the stimulus package. A draft of the committee's report, Stimulating Enterprise in the Economy, has been circulated and will be considered in private session, with a view to it being published tomorrow. Additional reports are being drafted on testing and contact tracing and Covid-19 in nursing homes, and an interim progress report is being prepared. We have had extensive discussion of the fact that they are being prepared, rather than their contents, in the working group. We can discuss the actual draft report at 4 p.m.