We have correspondence dated 18 April 2012 from an anonymous source re County Cork VEC. This is to be noted. While the correspondence is from an anonymous source it has raised an accountability issue and therefore a copy of the correspondence is to be forwarded to the Secretary General of the Department of Education and Skills and to County Cork VEC for a note on the issues raised.
No. 3.10 is correspondence dated 12 April 2012 from Mr. Owen Mullins re alleged fraudulent accounting in the HSE annual report and financial statements for 2009 and 2010. This is to be noted. The HSE has already written to the committee, as outlined at No. 3.5. Mr. Mullins raised the issue of the accounts of other services providers being also wrong. We have dealt with the matter already with Deputy Fleming. The matter will return to the committee in the context of the reply to the correspondence.
We have correspondence received on 3 May 2012 from Mr. Michael Brosnan re forwarding correspondence with the Committee on Investigations, Oversight and Petitions, and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. It is to be noted.
We have correspondence received on 8 May, 2012 from Mr. Fred Barry, chief executive of the National Roads Authority re his opening statement. It is to be noted and published. We received correspondence dated 8 May 2012, from Mr. Seán Ó Foghlú, Secretary General, Department of Education and Skills regarding correspondence previously forwarded by the committee regarding special needs assistants. It is to be noted.
We received correspondence, dated 2 May 2012, from Mr. Tom Moran, Secretary General of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding correspondence previously forwarded by the committee regarding Mr. Charles Farrell. It is to be noted and a copy of the correspondence is to be forwarded to Mr. Charles Farrell who made the original complaint.
We received correspondence, dated 2 May 2012, from Mr. Ray Mitchell, assistant national director, parliamentary and regulatory affairs, Health Service Executive, regarding correspondence previously forwarded by the committee regarding HSE south. It is to be noted.
No. 3.16 is correspondence, dated 8 May 2012, from Mr. John Moran, Secretary General of the Department of Finance rethe €3.6 billion error in the general Government debt. It is to be noted and published.
Statements and accounts received since the meeting on 3 May, 2012 include, 4.1 Marine Institute, annual report 2009, and 4.2, Marine Institute Annual Report 2010. They are to be noted.
The work programme is now shown on the screen of members. That is to be noted. There are no major changes in it.
Do members have any other matters they wish to raise? If not, could we agree the agenda for 17 May, 2012, the 2010 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General Appropriation Accounts. At 10 a.m. we will deal with Vote 10, Office of Public Works, chapter 9, public procurement, and we will close off the outstanding issues. Will we deal with that matter in an hour?
