The next item on the agenda is the draft report on the Ombudsman's special report, Redress for Taxpayers, which we concluded weeks ago but because of the legislation before the select committee did not get around to ratifying in order that it could be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas. Members will be satisfied that the Ombudsman and representatives of the Revenue Commissioners appeared before the committee on 12 February when we got their responses. There have been further developments since. The issues which the Ombudsman requested to be addressed were fully addressed by the Minister for Finance on Report Stage of the Finance Bill 2003, subsequent to which the Ombudsman wrote to thank the committee for its support and acknowledge the fact that the contents of his report had been satisfactorily implemented. Is it agreed that we formally lay the draft report before the Houses of the Oireachtas? Agreed.
I do not have a draft work programme today. We must check the legislative programme before us and will finalise a programme at the next meeting. The Houses of the Oireachtas Commission Bill has been referred to the committee.