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

There were huge consequences with the cutbacks and everything else that had to come on the back of it.

On 18 January we will have the Department of Social Protection in order to examine the 2022 appropriation account for Vote 37, the Social Insurance Fund, the relevant chapters from the Comptroller and Auditor General's annual report and the misclassification of workers. The Social Insurance Fund has been laid before the Houses, so we can examine that. We will also examine the misclassification of workers when we meet the Office of the Revenue Commissioners on 25 January to examine the 2022 appropriation account for Vote 9 and the relevant chapters from the Comptroller and Auditor General's annual report. Last week we agreed to meet the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Sport Ireland and the Football Association of Ireland on 1 February. I propose we discuss the details of that meeting further on in the meeting. Is that agreed? It is.

A draft discussion document listing potential engagements for the new year has been circulated to members. I will list the ones that have been suggested by members. First is the Department of Justice and An Garda Síochána. I suggest we add GSOC. We can discuss how to sequence it, but that body needs to be in the frame. Then there is the Department of Defence, the Department of Transport, the National Transport Authority, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board, IHRB. On the same day we bring in the IHRB, we might bring in Horse Racing Ireland. The last three on the list are Inland Fisheries Ireland, the Office of Public Works and the Department of Foreign Affairs and international co-operation. We had a morning hearing with Inland Fisheries Ireland back in midsummer, but it is clear from that we need to bring it back in again. I propose we agree at least three more engagements for the new year before we break for the Christmas recess so the secretariat can have the necessary homework done and make the required arrangements. That will bring us up to St. Patrick's week. That is how quickly things are moving. Meetings are agreed up to 1 February, so the next free slots are-----