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

We will now move on to the work programme, which has been circulated. A draft work programme has been out for discussion and the document is displayed on screen now. Next week, 16 May 2024, we meet with the Department of Education in relation to Vote 26. The following areas of interest have been flagged: running costs and demand management for schools, school building programmes, school transport, the disposal of assets of religious orders, and Caranua.

On 23 May we engage with the Department of Defence in relation to Vote 35 – Army Pensions, Vote 36 – Defence, and Chapter 12 of the Comptroller and Auditor General's annual report in relation to stock management in the Defence Forces. The Army Reserve has also been flagged as an area of interest.

On 30 May we will meet with the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board in relation to the 2022 financial statements. This gives two weeks for it to reply to the letter we mentioned earlier that is seeking information.