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

If it were the case that there was a smaller engagement that morning, perhaps we could do that. However, in the case of the HSE, it is normally a full schedule. Okay, we will do that.

On 9 February, we will engage with the Department of Health regarding the 2021 appropriation accounts as well as chapter 12 of the Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2021, which relates to the financial impact of the cyberattack. We have advised the Department that a specific area of interest is expenditure on emergency departments.

On 16 February, we will resume our engagement with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, with a specific focus on direct provision expenditure, international protection and emergency accommodation. I also flag that we should also mention in the invitation the issue of the provision of modular units.

On 23 February, we were planning to engage with An Bord Pleanála’s financial statements. At our meeting on 24 November, we agreed to postpone this meeting until the 2021 financial statements are available for the committee to examine. I understand the 2021 financial statements have not yet been laid and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage has until the end of March to do so. That could potentially push that out nearer to June. The 2021 financial statements were already examined at the meeting on 14 July. We have done those. Considering the risk that the 2021 statements might not be ready by 23 February, how do the members wish to proceed?

We will be bringing the representatives in without those statements being ready. Have members any views on that?