John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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We can have somebody here to explain it. After we hear from the Revenue Commissioners, we can decide on our next step with regard to Mr. Ryan's submission and so on.

I will move to individual correspondence. There is correspondence, dated 17 November, from Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú, Secretary General, Department of Education and Skills, regarding the code of practice for governance of education and training boards, to be noted. There is correspondence, dated 14 November 2014, received from Mr. Joe Hamill, Secretary General, Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, regarding the Abbey Theatre pension scheme, to be noted and a copy forwarded to Mr. Mark Darley. There is correspondence, dated 18 November 2014, received from Mr. Tom Moran, Secretary General, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, regarding Horse Care Ireland proposal for equines, to be noted and forwarded to Ms Majella Kavanagh.

I will move to correspondence relevant to today's meeting. There is briefing material from Bord na gCon; the opening statement by the chief executive officer, Ms Geraldine Larkin, received on 25 November 2014 from Bord na gCon; and the opening statement from the chairman of the board, Mr. Phil Meaney. All of these are to be noted and published. Reports and statements received to date are detailed in the members' document at section 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3. Is it agreed to note these accounts? Agreed.

Arising from our meeting last week with Mr. Ó Foghlú, we were to remind him of submissions the Department received nearly six months and we are to ask him for a detailed response to the queries. Our work programme has been made available to members. There will be a meeting on procurement to be held in early January.