John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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No problem.

The committee has also agreed to note and publish the following correspondence: No. R0245, correspondence from Munster Technological University in response to the committee's queries on non-compliant procurement; No. R0246 from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in response to the late laying of the 2023 financial statements of four subsidiary companies of Horse Racing Ireland; No. R0247 from the Medical Council of Ireland in response to the committee's queries on non-compliant procurement; No. R0248 from the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment providing an explanation for the late laying of the 2023 financial statements of Inland Fisheries Ireland; No. R0249 from St. James's Hospital regarding non-compliant procurement disclosed in its 2023 financial statements; No. R0250, from the Department of public expenditure in response to matters raised at the meeting of 10 July 2025; No. R0251 from Cork Education and Training Board in relation to non-compliant procurement disclosed in the 2023 financial statements; No. R0253 from University College Cork in relation to non-compliant procurement disclosed in its 2023 financial statements; No. R0254 from Beaumont Hospital in response to the committee's queries on non-compliant procurement; No. R0255 from Kildare and Wicklow ETB in response to the committee's queries on non-compliant procurement; No. R0256 from Dublin and Dún Laoghaire ETB in response to the committee's queries on non-compliant procurement; No. R0257 from the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in relation to the late laying of its 2023 financial statements for Science Foundation Ireland; No. R0258 from the Department of enterprise in relation to the late laying accounts of InterTradeIreland; No. R0259, correspondence providing an explanation for the late laying of the 2023 financial statements of the Arts Council of Ireland; No. R0260, correspondence to the committee in relation to the non-compliant procurement disclosed in the 2023 financial statements of Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board; No. R0262, correspondence providing a copy of the NTPF insourcing assurance review final report; and No. R0263 from the OPW in relation to Westport Coast Guard station.

No. R0264 was correspondence received from the Secretary General of the Department of Transport providing an update to the committee in relation to the search and rescue contract awarded to Bristow Ireland Limited in August 2023. Deputy Byrne flagged this and we discussed it in quite a lot of detail during private session. Does Deputy Byrne wish to comment?