Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)

I join other Members in extending sympathy to the families bereaved as a result of the tragic fire in Bray yesterday. This is a tragedy that raises issues of safety and training and matters pertinent to the role of the volunteer fire fighter. It is something we will have to address comprehensively at some time in the future.

On the Order of Business, will the Government schedule a debate on the latest report of the Comptroller and Auditor General which highlights what can only be described as scandalous mismanagement on the part of the Government in a whole raft of areas? It relates not only to the Government but also to the HSE, specifically in regard to the ongoing cost of the failed PPARS. The Comptroller and Auditor General also speaks about the continuing failure of the Government's public private partnership experiment. The word "failure" is not too strong a word. It is a matter we have both addressed previously, although taking opposite views. The Comptroller and Auditor General referred particularly to the experimental provision of five schools within the school system. He has highlighted massive tax evasion by landlords and many other issues that must be addressed substantively. We need to debate his most recent report. Will the Government accommodate such a debate at the earliest possible opportunity?

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