John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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I hope the Deputy will be here to hear it.

No. 3C concerns documents relating to today’s committee meeting. No. 3C.1, correspondence received from the Department of Justice and Equality re GSOC report and examination of practice, policy and procedure under section 106 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 in regard to the FCPS as operated by the Garda Síochána, is to be noted. This document is already in the public domain and we can take account of the issues raised in the report in the context of our own report on penalty points. It is Mr. O'Brien's report from the last hearing.

No. 3C.2, correspondence received on 8 July 2014 from An Garda Síochána re briefing notes for today’s meeting, is to be noted and published.

No. 3C.3, correspondence dated 8 July 2014 from the Courts Service re response to correspondence from PARC road safety group, is to be noted and published. This matter arises from our meeting with the Road Safety Authority and relates to the practice whereby those who receive court convictions do not submit their licences for endorsement. The figures are startling and we can follow up on this issue with the Garda Commissioner. It will also be of help in the report we are compiling on the matter.

No. 3C.2, correspondence received on 9 July 2014 from An Garda Síochána containing the opening statement, is to be noted and published.

I now come to reports, statements and accounts received since meeting of 3 July 2014 from the following bodies: Shannon Free Airport Development Company, the Irish Auditing and Accounting Supervisory Authority, Dún Laoghaire VEC, and the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority. The accounts are noted. It may be appropriate to meet representatives of the Shannon Free Airport Development Company to examine its accounts in view of the impairment charge.

The work programme is now on the screen. A number of meetings have been provisionally scheduled for the autumn. We received the report from the Comptroller and Auditor General regarding financial management and reporting for fishery harbour centres. At the last meeting an issue was raised about a particular individual who has an issue with the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine in which some matters were highlighted that we could possibly discuss with the Department under this heading. If representatives of the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine are coming before us to discuss this report, we could perhaps include in it Horse Sport Ireland.