John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Are the minutes of the meeting on 29 May 2014 agreed to? Agreed.

No. 3 is correspondence received since the meeting on 29 May 2014. No. 3A is correspondence from Accounting Officers and-or Ministers. No. 3A.1 is correspondence, dated 29 May 2014, from the Secretary General of the Department of Finance regarding further information requested at the meeting on 8 May 2014. The correspondence is to be noted and published.

No. 3A.2 is correspondence, dated 30 May 2014, from the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding further information requested at the meeting on 3 April 2014. The correspondence is to be noted and published.

No. 3A.3 is correspondence, dated 30 May 2014, from the Secretary General of the Department of Finance regarding the progress update report on the liquidation of IBRC. The correspondence is to be noted.

No. 3B is individual correspondence. No. 3B.1 is correspondence, dated 29 May 2014, from Deputy Paul Connaughton regarding the sale of Arramara Teoranta by Údarás na Gaeltachta. The correspondence is to be noted. We will seek a note on the issue from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and schedule an examination of the accounts of Údarás na Gaeltachta for the autumn.

No. 3B.2 is correspondence received on 12 June 2014 from Mr. Bernard O'Donovan regarding rent allowance paid to tenants that is not passed on to landlords. The correspondence is to be noted and a copy forwarded to the Department of Social Protection for a note on the issues raised.

No. 3B.3 is correspondence, dated 30 May 2014, from Mr. William Treacy about ongoing issues regarding Horse Racing Ireland and the Turf Club. The correspondence is to be noted.

No. 3B.4 is correspondence, dated 4 June 2014, from Mr. Alan Guidon, clerk to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality, regarding the cost to the State of the investigation of Ian Bailey in connection with the murder of Sophie Toscan de Plantier. The correspondence is to be noted. The remit of the committee does not allow it to examine the costs associated with individual Garda investigations. That might be the case, but can we ask for a note on the matter?