Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 November 2025

Public Accounts Committee

Business of Committee

2:00 am

Photo of John BradyJohn Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)

Thank you for that, Mr. McCarthy. Do members wish to comment on either of those sets of accounts? No. Okay. Is it agreed to note the listing of accounts and financial statements? The listing of accounts and financial statements will be published as part of our minutes.

Moving on to correspondence, we will now consider B, items of correspondence, which have been received from Accounting Officers and Government bodies.

The first item, No. R0322, is correspondence from the Secretary General of the Department of Health, dated 20 October 2025, providing information requested by the committee in relation to the new national maternity hospital. Is it agreed to note and publish that item? Agreed.

No. R0337 is correspondence from the chief executive officer of Tusla, dated 18 November 2025. This is a response to information requested by the committee at its meeting on 2 October 2025. Is it agreed to note and publish this item, although some parts will not be published due to sensitivity? Agreed.

No. R0339 is correspondence from the chief executive officer of Children's Health Ireland, dated 18 November 2025, in relation to non-compliant ICT procurement in 2023. Is it agreed to note and publish this item? Agreed.

No. R0343 is correspondence from the Secretary General of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, dated 18 November 2025, in relation to an external review of the Department's governance of the horse and greyhound racing fund. We have to go back to the Department to clarify whether or not that can be published. Is it agreed that we will hold off on that? Okay.

No. R0346 is correspondence from the HSE communications and public affairs division, dated 18 November 2025, providing a response to information requested at the PAC meeting on 16 October 2025. Is it agreed to note and publish this item? Agreed.

No. R0371 is correspondence from the Secretary General of the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, dated 25 November 2025. Deputy Geoghegan wishes to flag this.

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