We have a quorum and we will deal with the minutes of 10 November 2011. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed.
With regard to matters arising from the minutes, there is the issue of the proposed inquiry into the financial market collapse that we discussed last week. The secretariat is putting together a range of documentation on it that is in the public domain and quite extensive. There is a large amount of it and I propose that it is circulated to members in hard copy over the next few days. It will enable Members to decide whether there is further basic information needed that we can source and have made available to the committee to start work on. We also need legal advice. I propose that we deal with the issue next Thursday in private session, at the start of business, where Members have had an opportunity to discuss how to progress the issue. If we are to go outside of the remit of the examining public bodies we will need special legislation. Yesterday, I wrote to the Minister, as agreed by the committee last week, and I explained that the view of the committee was that the defeat of the referendum should not mean that we will not be able to hold a bank inquiry or an inquiry into the financial happenings of that time. It was agreed that we would hold a wider discussion next Thursday when members have had a chance to review the documentation. Is that agreed? Agreed.
I refer to correspondence received since the meeting of Thursday, 10 November 2011. There is correspondence dated 9 November 2011 from Mr. Kenneth Nolan, government accounting unit, Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. This was deferred from the meeting of 10 November 2011 and relates to the forwarding of the minute of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in response to the Committee of Public Accounts report on the 2007 appropriation accounts, the annual report and special reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General. This correspondence is to be noted and published.
Item No. 3.2 is correspondence dated 6 November 2011 from Mr. Tom Hayes, Secretary, Alliance Victim Support Group, re right of place, Cork. This correspondence is to be noted. The HSE and the Department of Education and Skills provided a copy of the internal evaluation report on right of place to the previous committee. We will ask the HSE to contact Mr. Hayes and, if necessary, give him a copy of the HSE report.
Item No. 3.3 is correspondence received on 10 November 2011 from Mr. Francis Rochford, Principal Officer, Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, re issues raised previously by Mr. Frank Delaney, Manlift Hire Ltd., regarding the Health and Safety Authority. This correspondence is to be noted and published. We will keep this issue under review as a report is due to the Minister. We will ask the Accounting Officer for a copy of this report to help the committee with the upcoming examination of the Health and Safety Authority, HSA. Is this report specifically relevant to Manlift or is it a general report?
