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

There is a table outlining the issues involved. There were several issues, including one in regard to website hosting. I asked why that was not previously tendered. UL said it is under review but I want to ask what the term “under review” means. In any given locality, there are a number of people who do website hosting. Another point concerned occupational health assessments, occupational therapy assessments and safety officers’ reports. UL is currently reviewing that and it is said that it will be progressed. Another issue concerned landscaping works to a value of €30,000, which was also to be progressed. I want to ask why it was not tendered up to date. We want an update on those three issues of website hosting, occupational therapy assessments and the turf and landscaping suppliers. Is that agreed? Agreed.

The next category is correspondence from and related to private individuals and any other correspondence. First is No. 1549 from Deputy Hourigan, dated 27 October 2022. It is a proposal for the committee to consider reports of the HSE’s former CEO being approached by a consultancy firm. It has been reported that while approaches have been made, there are no commitments, although the consultancy firm is reported to have stated that there may be some advisory work next year. We could write to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to request information regarding what is termed a cooling-off period, which I think is two years. There was a lot of talk about this a few years ago.