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

The business before us this afternoon comprises the minutes, accounts and financial statements, correspondence, work programme and any other business. There is a substantial body of work, so I ask for members' co-operation. We will try to move along through the business efficiently.

The first item is the minutes of the meeting of 19 January. They have been circulated. No member wishes to raise an issue. Are the minutes agreed to? Agreed. As usual, they will be published on the committee's webpage.

The second item is the accounts and financial statements. Seven sets of accounts and financial statements were laid before the Houses between 16 January and 20 January. I ask Mr. McCarthy, the Comptroller and Auditor General, to address these first.