John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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No. 3B.2 is correspondence dated 3 July 2015 from Mr. Hugh Rance re the Comptroller and Auditor General's Special Report No. 89. It is to be noted. This issue will be dealt with as part of today's meeting.

No. 3C is documents relating to today’s meeting. Nos. 3C.1 to 3C.4, inclusive, are the briefing documents, all to be noted and published. Nos. 3C.5 and 3C.6 are the opening statements for today's meeting, to be noted and published.

No. 4 is reports, statements and accounts received since our meeting on 2 July. They are all noted from 4.1 down to 4.21. The one we have to draw attention to is 4.20, which is the Higher Education Authority and the fact it has accumulated funds in five universities of €159 million at 30 September 2014. On 30 September 2013, the figure was €125 million. The Comptroller and Auditor General has drawn attention to this fact in previous meetings. I think we have to get an explanation as to the use of these funds and what they were intended for. The Comptroller and Auditor General might-----