Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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We are joined by the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr. Seamus McCarthy, a permanent witness to the committee. He is joined today by Ms Georgina O'Mahoney, deputy director of audit. We have received apologies from Deputy Pat Deering.

We have received at least 80 items of correspondence, which is considerable, so I hope the committee can agree on them. I sent out a draft timetable indicating that we would deal with the work programme and certain items of correspondence and that at 10 a.m. we would move on to NAMA. I propose that, when we finish with NAMA, maybe before the vote, we conclude the meeting and hold over the correspondence until next week. There is a large volume of correspondence. We might get some dealt with before 10 a.m. What we get done will be well and good. We will hold over the remainder. I printed off what we got. I am sure there are up to 2,000 pages of correspondence received.

I record that I printed off what we got and up to 2,000 pages of correspondence was received. One document from the National Transport Authority, NTA, on the review of public private partnerships ran to 600 pages. I do not expect everyone to have read it all for today. Are members happy in general? If there is specific correspondence, we will deal with it before 10 a.m.