We will move on to a letter to the Chairman, dated 25 January 2006, from the head of corporate affairs at Ulster Bank regarding a recent initiative on its part. It is proposed that the letter be noted. Is that agreed? Agreed.
The next item is a letter to the Chairman, dated 25 January 2006, from the private secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs acknowledging the letters sent regarding the proposed relocation of Development Cooperation Ireland. The letter is duly noted.
The next item is a copy of the Department of Finance's change management fund expenditure review from November 2005, which is duly noted.
The next item is a letter to the Chairman, dated 3 February 2006, from the Department of the Taoiseach, enclosing a copy of the NESC strategy 2006: People, Productivity and Purpose, which is duly noted. A copy of the strategy is available on request.
The next item concerns reports from the Department of Finance under section 32 of the Freedom of Act 1997, which were circulated on 8 February 2006. We will defer discussing them until later in the meeting.
The next item concerns two e-mails to the clerk to the committee, the first of which is dated 7 February 2006, from Kevin Leyden regarding last week's meeting in Brussels and the report of the joint conference on the Lisbon Agenda, respectively.
A letter to the clerk refers the Finance Bill 2006 to the Select Committee on Finance and the Public Service. I understand that agreement has been reached among members of the committee regarding next week's sittings on this Bill. I hope, we can proceed on that basis.