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

I thank Deputy Murphy for that. Next week, on 10 February we will examine the expenditure on the national broadband plan with National Broadband Ireland, NBI, and the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. Please note, as previously agreed we will engage with NBI, and this is the part members need to watch, from 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. and with the Department from 1.30 p.m. to 4.30 p.m. Correspondence will be circulated as normal but will be held over to the following week, 17 February.

We then have a series of housing related meetings scheduled, starting with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on 17 February, the Residential Tenancies Board on 24 February and Home Building Finance Ireland on 3 March. I will ask the clerk - I raised this at last week's meeting - domestic refuge provision is an issue that cuts across several Departments. There are nine counties, including County Laois and County Offaly, that do not have a domestic refuge. I will use that opportunity. It is an important issue. We all know why it is important that at least we give advance notice and that we get an opportunity to deal with it, with the agreement of the committee.