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

We will request the secretariat to issue that correspondence as a matter of priority to the Department of Health and the HSE in respect of the matters raised. We will see what comes back and we will make a final decision next week regarding 24 March.

On 31 March, we will commence a series of justice-related meetings. The secretariat has established availability as follows: An Garda Síochána on 31 March and the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission on 7 April. We discussed engaging with the Policing Authority as well, so I propose that the secretariat seek to schedule the Policing Authority on the afternoon of 31 March, the same date on which we will be engaging with An Garda Síochána. Is that agreed? Agreed. Alternatively, we could schedule it for 7 April.

There are then two non-sitting weeks scheduled for Easter which means the next meeting will be on 28 April, with the Department of Justice. There will be a run of justice issues together. We will then look to engage with the Department of Finance, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, and the University of Limerick. I know the committee is anxious to get the university back before us. Fairly early on, we may look to ascertain the availability of the chancellor. We should do that in good time. Is it agreed that the secretariat will work to make these arrangements? Agreed.

Are there any other matters members wish to raise relating to the work programme? That concludes consideration of the work programme for today.

The last item is any other business. Apologies were received from Deputy Verona Murphy. Unfortunately, she had a bereavement in the family. I convey the condolences of the committee and the staff to Verona on the loss of her mother. I know she had been ill in recent weeks. We pass on our sympathies to Verona.

The meeting is adjourned until 24 February, when we will engage with the Residential Tenancies Board on its 2020 financial statements.