Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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We will have the relevant part of the transcript circulated for the information of members. As I stated, representatives of An Garda Síochána are scheduled to appear at our meeting of 31 May and we will raise this issue at that meeting.

Item No. 1155B is correspondence, dated 8 March 2018, received from Ms Hilary Murphy-Fagan, chief executive, National Shared Services Office, providing a detailed breakdown of the €812,000 spent on training and an explanatory note on temporary rehabilitation remuneration, formerly known as pension rate of pay, which the committee requested at our previous meeting. I propose we note and publish the document.

Item No. 1156B is a letter from Mr. Robert Watt, Secretary General, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, advising the committee that it is not the intention of the Minister to issue a minute in response to the committee's report on Project Eagle as the minute would relate to matters which were the subject of investigation under the terms of reference agreed to for the Cooke commission by the Houses of the Oireachtas. We will note and publish the document. As Chairman, I am satisfied with Mr. Watt's response. The normal procedure when the committee issues a report is that the relevant Department will respond. In this case, I did not expect to receive a detailed response to our report, given that the Cooke commission was in place. This has been confirmed by Mr. Watt. It is helpful, however, that our report has been acknowledged. We accept that a response would cut across the terms of reference of the Cooke commission.

Item No. 1161B is correspondence, dated 8 March 2018, received from Mr. Des Fitzgerald, president, University of Limerick, enclosing the Crowe Horwath report, as requested by the committee. We will note and publish the document.