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

The business before us is the minutes, accounts and financial statements, correspondence, work programme and any other business. At the end we will briefly go into private session to deal with one or two small items.

First is the minutes of our meeting of 14 October, which have been circulated to members. Are the minutes agreed to? Agreed. As usual, the minutes will be published on the committee's webpage.

The next item is accounts and financial statements. Some 12 sets of accounts and financial statements were laid before the Dáil between 11 and 15 October. I ask the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. McCarthy, to address these before opening the meeting to the floor for members.