John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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The first item is the minutes of the meetings of 25 and 31 October and 1 November. Are they agreed to? Agreed. As there are no matters arising therefrom, we will move to correspondence received from Accounting Officers and-or Ministers since Thursday, 1 November.

No. 3A.1 is correspondence, dated 1 November 2012, from the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Brendan Howlin, on the Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2012. The correspondence is to be noted and published. The committee should respond in the context of the banking inquiry report which it completed and suggest consideration be given to it as a way forward. Is that agreed? Agreed.

No. 3A.2 is correspondence, dated 6 November 2012, from Mr. Ray Mitchell, parliamentary and regulatory affairs division, Health Service Executive, providing information requested by the committee at its meeting on 9 October. The correspondence is to be noted and published.

The committee also received correspondence which has not been circulated from Senator Fidelma Healy Eames on the payment of salaries and allowances in the voluntary sector, in particular concerning one individual and organisation. We will arrange to have that correspondence circulated today. I take the opportunity to mention it as the Senator contacted me and asked me to ensure it was mentioned that she had raised the matter and was anxious to have it dealt with. The committee will respond to it in due course.

No. 3C comes under the heading of individual correspondence and-or complaints. No. 3C.1 is correspondence, dated 26 October 2012, from Mrs. Barbara Bradley, Nurney, County Carlow, in relation to correspondence with the Commissioner of An Garda Síochána. The correspondence is to be noted.

No. 3D is documents relating to today's meeting. No. 3D.1 is correspondence, dated 10 October 2012, from Mr. Tony O'Brien, director general designate, Health Service Executive, forwarding details of the payment of allowances in the Health Service Executive. The correspondence is to be noted.

No. 3D.2 is correspondence, dated 31 October 2012, from Mr. Ray Mitchell, parliamentary and regulatory affairs division, Health Service Executive, forwarding additional details of payments and allowances in the Health Service Executive. The correspondence is to be noted.

No. 3D.3 is correspondence, dated 31 October 2012, from Mr. Ray Mitchell, parliamentary and regulatory affairs division, Health Service Executive, re opening statement. The correspondence is to be noted and published.

No. 4 is reports, statements and accounts received since our meeting on 1 November. No. 4.1 relates to the Education Finance Board - financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2011. No. 4.1 relates to St. Angela's College Sligo Limited - financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2011. No. 4.3 relates to the National University of Ireland Galway - consolidated financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2011.

No. 5 is our work programme which members should be able to see on the monitors. The committee will meet next week in private session to discuss its report on allowances. The suggestion is it meet in private session at 10 a.m. on Thursday, 15 November, to discuss the report.