Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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-----because we have identified a gap.

The next item is No. 814C from Sage support and advocacy services, which attaches a discussion document entitled Contracts of Care for Nursing Home Residents - Issues of Policy and Practice. The matter will be of interest to members. As a matter of policy, I propose we forward it to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Health for its consideration. Is that agreed? Agreed.

The next item is No. 815C, dated 15 October 2017, from an individual questioning the economic justification for the holding of a stand-alone referendum next summer when a further referendum is planned for next autumn. This is a matter of Government policy and is not within the remit of the committee. I propose that we write back to the correspondent saying that and note the matter.

The next item is No. 816C, dated 16 October, from an individual in relation to the sale of a loan note attached to an hotel in Kinsale by NAMA. The individual questions whether the interests of the State were best served and raises a number of questions. I propose that we write to NAMA for a response to these and we can consider the matter when we get the response. Is that agreed? Agreed.

The next heading is statements and accounts and there are three statements of accounts. I will come back to all of the HIQA-related correspondence. The first of three statements and accounts is the National College of Art and Design, a qualified audit opinion on the basis that it did not keep adequate accounting records and failure to control governance over the year's, an operating deficit of €758,000 and an accumulative deficit of €1.4 million. The basis for the recognition of deferred pensions is an issue. The 2014-15 financial statements were certified on 3 October 2017 but have not yet been presented. When will we see the 2015 and 2016 accounts?