John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)

Okay. That is agreed. We now move on to category C – correspondence from and related to private individuals and any other correspondence. Our only item is No. R0057 C from Deputy Aidan Farrelly, dated 13 February 2025, requesting that the committee invite the Arts Council and relevant Department to a future meeting. It is proposed to note this item. Deputy Farrelly is not here. I think he would be agreeable to our noting this and that we have those witnesses before the committee next week. Is that agreed? Agreed.

We will now move into private session briefly before resuming in public at 10.30 a.m. for our engagement with Children’s Health Ireland and the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board.