Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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We will forward it to the Department once we get the permission of the correspondent. We can ask in that letter that if the correspondent has further evidence of this happening, it be forwarded to the committee or the Department of Health.

The last correspondence in this group is No. R0929. It is from the clerk to the Joint Committee on Petitions requesting observations on proposals to amend the committee's order of reference. If members want to make a submission on this, they should contact the clerk to the committee. Members have the item in front of them.

Next is No. 4, work programme. Next Thursday, 16 December we will engage with the Department of Health on the 2020 appropriation accounts and Vote 38 - Health. As discussed last week, the Department has been made aware that the committee wishes to discuss two outstanding reports. The first concerns a detailed review of the progress on the national children's hospital. That was submitted to the Department earlier this year. The second concerns the value for money review of the nursing homes support scheme. Both are long overdue. Last week, we agreed to write to the Department to request further information on these reports and that information was requested by tomorrow, 10 December.

On 25 November, we agreed our work programme for early in the new year and will continue to revisit that programme each week. RTÉ is the first sitting in January. That concludes our consideration of that programme for today.