John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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Are the minutes of the meeting of 3 July 2014 agreed? Agreed. No matters arise from the minutes.

I refer to correspondence received since Thursday, 3 July 2014. No. 3A is correspondence from Accounting Officers. No. 3A.1 is correspondence, dated 3 July 2014, from the Secretary General of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht regarding the sale of Arramara Teo by Údarás na Gaeltachta to Acadian Seaplants Ltd to be noted and published and a copy to be forwarded to Mr. Tony Barrett who corresponded with the committee on the issue. No. 3A.2 is correspondence, dated 2 July 2014, from the chief executive officer of the Road Safety Authority regarding further information requested at our meeting on 19 June 2014 to be noted and published. A number of individuals were named in this correspondence regarding penalty points and to be fair to them, their names will be redacted before publication.

No. 3B is individual correspondence. No.3B.1 is correspondence, received from Mr. Thomas Reed, breeding director, Warmblood Studbook of Ireland regarding defective recognition and funding of Horse Sport Ireland by the Irish Sports Council, to be noted. We are awaiting a response from the Departments of Transport, Tourism and Sport and Agriculture, Food and the Marine and a note from the Irish Sports Council on the funding to Horse Sport Ireland. A copy of this correspondence will be sent to these offices. Has the clerk to the committee any idea how long will it take for them to respond regarding the structure and governance of the organisation? Will he remind them?