Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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In regard to the work programme then, we have the Revenue Commissioners today, the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection, as it calls itself, now and then on Thursday we are starting with banking issues and the Department of Finance. What I will ask for next week is that the secretariat brings forward a draft work programme for the first couple of months of 2018. We cannot find ourselves breaking up for Christmas without a schedule in place for 2018 and so for next week's meeting we will have a draft work programme for the first couple of months of 2018. If members have something to feed into it, please do. I remind members that the basic issue we have is to deal with are the chapters in the Comptroller and Auditor General's Report. That will be the core of our work programme and the other items can come up. We will have a detailed discussion on the work programme next week in regard to the first couple of months of 2018 so we can start getting invitations out before Christmas. People will know that they are expected to come in.

That is the end of the work programme. Unless there is any other business we will suspend for a few minutes to allow witnesses to their seats.