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

On that basis, we will have two public engagements on 8 December: the morning session, with representatives of the Revenue Commissioners; and the afternoon session, with the operator of the national lottery. Therefore, the meeting with representatives of the national lottery will be two weeks away. The final public engagement for this year, with the OPW, is scheduled for 15 December.

At our meeting last week, we agreed to consider a work programme for the new near, and a discussion document on this was circulated yesterday. Members can now see it on their screens. It is firmly based on chapters of the 2021 report of the Controller and Auditor General on the accounts of public services that we have yet to examine, as well as bodies that we have added to the work programme. I have discussed this with the clerk a number of times. Are members happy that we discuss it today? I am mindful that we should not approach Christmas without having meetings scheduled for January. We do not want to come back in January only to discover we have no engagements lined up. It is important that we do some work on this.