Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We will of course. It is important in a case of this sort.

The next item is No. 551 from Mr. Robert Watt, Secretary General of the Department of Health, dated 4 May, providing a response to the committee's query as to whether any expenditure was associated with the dossiers brought to light in a protected disclosure that was the subject of a recent episode of the "RTÉ Investigates" programme. At our meeting last week, we agreed to note and publish the item. The correspondence states that it is in the public interest that State parties to litigation manage those proceedings as efficiently as possible. On the special educational needs litigation, the Secretary General states that the Department of Health, the Department of Education and the HSE concentrate resources where possible to provide an appropriate and complete resolution or, where necessary, to properly defend proceedings. At our meeting last week, we agreed to make further inquiries regarding how this is co-ordinated and the costings associated with that. This item has been flagged by Deputy Catherine Murphy.