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

On 26 October, we will engage with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage with regard to the Department’s 2022 appropriation account. The delivery of social housing by local authorities and the funding and governance of Uisce Éireann have been flagged as specific areas of interest. Representatives of Uisce Éireann and the Commission for Regulation of Utilities have been requested to attend with the Department. As usual, I remind members to flag areas of interest for the upcoming meeting.

The Comptroller and Auditor General's Annual Report on the Accounts of Public Service 2022 is due to be laid this week. We will consider this report at next week’s meeting with a view to agreeing engagements for November and December. If any members wish to put in anything with regard to specific items for the day we have the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and Uisce Éireann in, they can submit them to the clerk to the committee as normal. The Comptroller and Auditor General's Annual Report on the Accounts of Public Service 2022 will be released in the next couple of days. Unless members have any other comments, that concludes our consideration of the work programme for today.

Unless any members wish to raise matters under any other business, we will now move into private session briefly before adjourning until 9.30 a.m. on Thursday, 5 October, when we will engage with the HSE.