Brian Stanley (Laois-Offaly, Sinn Fein)
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Deputy Murphy is happy enough with that.

The following item is not flagged, and I propose that we hold it over for consideration next week. That is No. 1819 and it is from Mr. Niall Cody, Chair of the Office of the Revenue Commissioners. It provides information requested by the committee regarding VRT and its relationship with EU law. In the meantime, we have also received a related response from the Department of Finance. I propose to hold that over and to consider both at our next meeting after Easter. Is that agreed? Agreed. That concludes our consideration of correspondence for this week.

I am moving on to our work programme. At our meeting of 20 April, we will resume our meeting with the Central Bank, the Department of Finance and the Revenue Commissioners on the insurance compensation fund, and the Comptroller and Auditor General's section 2 report on the unauthorised release of funds from the Central Exchequer. The Governor of the Central Bank and the Secretary General of the Department of Finance have confirmed their attendance, so members will be happy to know that.

We will engage with An Bord Pleanála on 27 April on its 2021 financial statements. I ask members to flag any areas of interest for that meeting so they can be added. There is one from today, and if members have anything else, they can put it onto it.

The secretariat is making arrangements to schedule a meeting with the HSE, the Department of Health, the University of Limerick and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The secretariat is working on making these arrangements for 4, 11 and 18 May. Last week, it was agreed to schedule a meeting with the Department of Justice. Is it agreed to hold that meeting on 25 May? I take that as agreed.

Does any member wish to raise any other matter in relation to the work programme? No, okay. I ask members to flag any areas of interest for our upcoming meetings. I have received a letter from the Governor of the Central Bank, and I have it here with me if anyone wants to see it. It concerns the reasons he was not in attendance at the previous meeting when he was invited.

That concludes our consideration of the work programme for today.

No members have flagged anything under any other business. Go raibh míle maith agaibh, and we will move into private session.