The first item is the minutes of the meeting of 16 February 2012. Are the minutes agreed? Agreed.
I refer to correspondence received since that meeting. No. 3.1 is correspondence received on 8 February 2012 from the Office of Public Works providing updated information on matters scheduled for examination at the meeting of 23 February 2012, as previously requested by the committee, to be noted and published.
No. 3.2 is correspondence, dated 9 February 2012, from Ms. Jenny Bulbulia regarding the Irish Red Cross appearance at the meeting of 19 January 2012 to be noted and published. The correspondence will be forwarded to the Department of Defence for a note on the matters raised
No. 3.3, which responds to Ms Bulbulia's correspondence, is correspondence, dated 14 February 2012, from Mr. Donal Forde, Secretary General, Irish Red Cross, to be noted and published.
No. 3.4 is correspondence, dated 7 February 2012, from Mr. Myles Duffy regarding GOAL and Irish Aid funding to be noted and published. The correspondence will be forwarded to the Department of Justice and Equality, which has responsibility for charities, for a detailed note on the matters raised and the Accounting Officer of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for appropriate follow up. We can return to this when we examine the issues relative to GOAL when the Accounting Officer appears before the committee after Easter.
No. 35 is correspondence, dated 15 February 2012, from Senator Paddy Burke, Chairman, Seanad Committee on Procedure and Privileges, providing a note on the Callely appeal to the Supreme Court, as previously requested by the committee, to be noted and published.
No. 3.6 is correspondence, received 17 February 2012, from an anonymous source regarding the United Nations. The matters raised do not fall under remit of the committee but we will note them.