Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, who is a permanent witness. Apologies have been received from Deputy Marc MacSharry.

The first item on the agenda is the minutes of the meeting of 14 December 2016. Are the minutes agreed to? Agreed.

As there are no matters arising from the minutes, we will proceed to correspondence received since the previous meeting. We have a considerable amount of correspondence with which to deal as the committee has not met since before Christmas.

The first item is No. 258A, a briefing document from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs in connection with today's meeting. We will note and publish the document. The next item is the opening statement of Dr. Fergal Lynch, Secretary General, Department of Children and Youth Affairs, which we will also note and publish.

The next item on the agenda is correspondence received from Accounting Officers and-or Ministers and follow-up documents on issues discussed at previous meetings. The first is No. 229B, correspondence dated 14 December 2016 from Mr. Tom Rice, chief legal officer of PIMCO. We have received a number of other items of correspondence in connection with Project Eagle which we will note and publish. As they will form part of the committee's work in drafting its report, we will not discuss them. If members wish to respond to any of the documents, they should speak to the secretariat. We will note and publish Nos. 229B, 230B, 235B-----