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This value for money report is concerned with the operation during the period 1994 - 1999 of local development initiatives provided through County Enterprise Boards (CEBs), Area-Based Partnership Companies (Partnerships) and LEADER groups. The value for money examination looked at specific issues relating to the administrative and operational efficiency of the three types of bodies, the arrangements for co-ordination between the bodies and approaches to evaluation of their impact.

This report examines the systems and procedures employed by Teagasc to evaluate its own effectiveness. Teagasc was formed to provide services for the agriculture and food sectors in three distinct services areas – research, advisory services and training. Teagasc 2000 is a comprehensive plan for the future delivery of services which was published in the middle of 1998. Management systems including those associated with the determination of effectiveness are being developed in light of proposals in Teagasc 2000.

This examination was undertaken to establish the extent to which the emergency ambulance services are provided efficiently and economically.

This is a report covering the excess spending on Consultancy pertaining to the evaluation of applicants for the second operator licence of the global system of mobile telephony (GSM) in Ireland.

The study focused on the quality of service provided by the OS to its customers, the financial performance of the OS, the age profile of the map data, the impact of changes to the operating environment of the OS.

The examination identified 42 means tested schemes, twenty of which are administered by either the Department of Social Welfare (DSW) or the health boards. These twenty schemes account for the bulk of expenditure on all means tested schemes and the majority of means tests themselves.