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

The business before us this afternoon comprises minutes, accounts and financial statements, correspondence, the work programme and any other business. We will then go into private session briefly before adjourning until 16 February.

The first item is the minutes of the meetings of 26 January and 2 February. They have been circulated. Since no member wishes to raise an issue, are the minutes agreed? Agreed. As usual, they will be published on the committee's web page.

The second item is the accounts and financial statements. Seven sets of accounts and financial statements were laid before the Houses between 23 January and 3 February. I ask Mr. McCarthy, the Comptroller and Auditor General, to address these before I open the discussion to the floor.