Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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The witnesses are coming in. There is no change in the work programme. We can come back and discuss it next week. Our next meeting will be with representatives of the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection. There will be a long agenda. If there are any specific issues that members want to see dealt with in the opening statement or in the briefing material that is to be provided, I ask them to contact the secretariat to give an indication of those issues by tomorrow, if possible, and by Monday at the latest. The work programme is very extensive. It is probable that we will not complete all the chapters on the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and the Vote. There are five chapters on the Department in the Comptroller and Auditor General's report. We will probably have to take a second bite at the Department. In the meantime, anyone who has specific issues to raise in respect of the Department should contact the secretariat to ensure there is as much advance notice as possible. Does anyone else want to come in before I suspend the sitting to allow the witnesses to come in?