John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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We will now go back to public session. We will deal with our meeting on 9 October 2014. Are those minutes agreed? Agreed. Turning to matters arising from the minutes, are any matters arising? No.

Turning to correspondence received since our meeting on 9 October 2014. Item 3B.1 is correspondence from the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, on correspondence from Carmel Thornton regarding Eirgrid to be noted and published. Item 3B.2 is correspondence received from Mr. Michael Murphy, Westport, Co. Mayo on Mayo Greenway to be noted and forwarded to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. We have already received correspondence regarding Greenway development, so perhaps we could ask the Department to come back with a coordinated response.

Item 3B.3 is correspondence dated 8 October 2014 from Mr. Tom Moran, Secretary General of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on matters relating to Mr. John Shine. This is a matter to be noted. This matter is directly connected with the issue of today's proceedings and legal proceedings against Mr. Shine, who has been in correspondence with the PAC, have been initiated by the State and therefore are precluded from today's meeting.

Item 3B.4 is correspondence received from Mr. Jack Harvey on misuse of state moneys to be noted. The matters raised in the correspondence are not for the PAC and Mr. Harvey will be informed accordingly. 3B.5 is correspondence received from Ms Majella Kavanagh, Horsecare Ireland, on a proposal for identification and deselection of equine to be noted. This is a policy matter in the first instance and we will seek a note from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on the operation of the current policy to deal with unwanted horses. There appears to be a lot of merit in the proposal from Horsecare Ireland.