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

It will be useful to have them there. On 18 April we will meet with officials from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth on the 2022 appropriation account for Vote 40. The international protection accommodation services has been flagged as a special area of interest. I ask members to flag with the clerk any other areas of interest they want to raise. We crossed into that area a bit this morning because of the discussions we had with officials. Arising from today's meeting, members may have an issue or two they wish to raise at that meeting.

Members have been circulated with a proposed list of additional meetings which will appear on their screen now. A number of organisations have been added to the work programme but with whom we have not scheduled a meeting. In some cases there are also relevant chapters from the Comptroller and Auditor General's 2022 annual report which the committee has not yet examined.

The proposed engagements include the Department of Defence in relation to the relevant chapter from the Comptroller and Auditor General's 2022 annual report. It also includes the National Transport Authority, NTA, specifically regarding the purchase of buses for companies that are providing public transport services, the provision of bus stops and bus shelters, and the role of the NTA vis-à-vis the role of local authorities. This is an issue that has come up previously. If members have something to add, they should feel free to raise it.