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

The public business before us this afternoon is as follows: minutes, accounts and financial statements, correspondence, work programme and any other business. The first item is the minutes of the meeting of 18 May which have been circulated to members. Do any members wish to raise any matters regarding the minutes? Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. They will be published on the committee's web page.

We will move on to accounts and financial statements. We will return to this item at next week's meeting. Members will know we are in a period where we do not have to do any of these but we will revert to that next week.

The next item is correspondence. As previously agreed, items that were not flagged for discussion at this meeting will continue to be dealt with in accordance with the proposed actions that have been circulated. Decisions taken by the committee in relation to correspondence are recorded in the minutes of the committee meetings and published on the committee's web page.

The first category of correspondence under which members have flagged items for discussion is category B. This is from Accounting Officers and their Ministers and follow up on our meetings. The first is No. R1904 B and it is from Mr. Phelim Devine, project director, National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and it is dated 19 May 2023. It provides information that we requested regarding the progress and the arrangements for the expected opening of the national children's hospital in 2024. It is proposed to note and publish that item of correspondence. I know some members will be interested in this. Deputy Murphy flagged it also.