Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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We need to deal with it then because it will have run for three weeks then.

No. 1733 is from Mr. Robert Watt, Secretary General, Department of Health, dated 9 February 2023 providing information we requested regarding the new National Maternity Hospital and public spending code. It is proposed to note and publish this item of correspondence. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Deputy Catherine Murphy flagged this item for discussion but she is not in attendance today. Is it agreed that we will hold it over until our next meeting? Agreed.

The next category of correspondence is labelled C, which is correspondence from and related to private individuals and any other correspondence. The first item is No. R1744C from the clerk of the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight, dated 14 February 2023, relating to that committee’s decision regarding our proposal to issue a compellability direction in respect of a report on the University of Limerick’s purchase of a site in Limerick city centre, the former Dunnes Stores site with which members will be familiar. The committee’s request has been granted and we will be writing to the University of Limerick, UL, in this regard. I propose that we note this item and consider it further in private session but if members want to make a comment on it now, they are free to do so. Members should note that we sought documentation from UL and have been chasing it for a while. UL representatives were before us on a number of occasions and they indicated that if we compelled them to issue the documentation, they would do so. Obviously, we had to go through the Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight and it has given us permission to go ahead, which is good news. The transaction related to the purchase by UL of the former Dunnes Stores site is important. Are members happy to go ahead as outlined?