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

There is a good bit of important business this afternoon. 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 of business is the minutes of our meeting of 17 February 2024, which have been circulated to members. Does any member wish to raise any matters regarding the minutes? No. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed. As usual, they will be published on the committee's webpage.

We will move on to accounts and financial statements. Eight sets of accounts and financial statements were laid before the Houses between 12 February and 16 February. I will ask the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, to address these before I open up the discussion to the floor.