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

That is okay. I thank Mr. McCarthy for that explanation.

Moving on to correspondence, as previously agreed, items that were not flagged for discussion for this meeting will continue to be dealt with in accordance with proposed actions that have been circulated. Decisions taken by the committee in respect of correspondence are recorded in the minutes of the committee’s meetings and published on the committee’s web page. The first category of correspondence under which members have flagged items for discussion is correspondence B from Accounting Officers and-or Ministers. The following items were held over from previous meetings. I propose we dispose of these today, one way or another, because we have held them over for a number of weeks.

The first item is No. R1824 B from Ms Sorcha Fitzpatrick, chief superintendent, An Garda Síochána, dated 25 March, and provides information requested by the committee regarding non-compliant procurement. We agreed to note and publish this correspondence. Deputy Catherine Murphy flagged it for discussion. The Deputy, who was not expected to come in, is here. I was going to just dispose of the item today. Now that she is here, however, she may address the matter.