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This report examines the management of the tax appeal process, provides analysis on the value of tax under appeal, the outcome of appeal cases and the time under appeal. It also reviews progress in implementing the recommendations of a 2018 review of the Tax Appeals Commission.

This report presents a progress update on the transfer of ownership to the Housing Agency of sites approved under the Scheme and the subsequent development of those sites. It also provides an overview of Scheme funding provided to local authorities to date.

This report focuses on the capacity of higher education institutions to plan, manage and deliver large-scale construction projects on schedule, within budget and to the required quality. The review examined ten completed construction projects in the higher education sector.

This chapter reviews the Department of Children and Youth Affairs oversight of Pobals administration of early learning and childcare funding programmes 2015 to 2018 and the controls in place to ensure that payments are appropriate and that the quality of learning and care, childcare staff and facilities is of an acceptable standard.

This examination identified six projects carried out under the contract with a combined expenditure of €7.4 million and where the value of work undertaken ranged from €600,000 to €2.5 million. These were in excess of the €500,000 limit for individual minor construction works.

This chapter looks at the progress made by the Department of Health and the HSE in the development of primary care centres (PCCs) since 2010. As at March 2019 there were 127 PCCs in operation - around 36% of the targeted network. The chapter reviews the prioritisation of locations for development, and the delivery methods used.

This chapter considers how the HSE controls the level of private activity in acute public hospitals and whether the HSE's performance measure meets the criteria of a good performance measure.

This chapter shows the trend in costs of compensation and treatment for individuals infected by the administration of contaminated blood and blood products between the 1960s and 1990s. It provides an overview of the strategies adopted and the progress of the treatment programme.

The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection implemented the JobPath service in 2015 to assist long-term unemployed to find and sustain permanent employment. This report examines how the Department monitors achievement of contract objectives, and associated costs.

This chapter is an overview of the funds provided from central government for social housing supports and information on the main funding provided by central government to Approved Housing Bodies to construct, purchase or lease housing units for those in need of social housing.