Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)
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That is good. I saw an article in one of the Sunday newspapers about the 2018 financial statements. We will consider all those matters when they come before us in due course. The statements would not be audited by this stage.

The next item is No.2083B, from Ms Jennifer Wiley, HEO, seafood policy and management division, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, providing an explanation for the delay in laying before the Houses of the Oireachtas the 2017 annual reports for the Aquaculture Licences Appeals Board and the Marine Institute within the required three months, as per the circular 7/2015 of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. We will note and publish this.

No. 2086B, dated 3 April 2019, is from Mr. Robert Watt, Secretary General, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. It provides information requested by the committee on the annual assessment from June 2018 submitted by the Department of Health; the review of Ireland's capital management system; clarification regarding the use of two-stage contracting processes; a note on the water supply project; and the business case for the N6 Galway city ring road, as requested by the committee. We will note and publish it. Do members have any comments to make on it?