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This is a general overview of miscellaneous issues relating to Financial Management.

The Supplementary Welfare Allowances (SWA) scheme was introduced in 1977 as a scheme of last resort to provide financial and other assistance on the basis of need with the objective of breaking the cycle of poverty in Ireland. The scheme is managed by the Department of Social, Community and Family Affairs (the Department) but is delivered locally through Community Welfare Officers (CWOs) as pan of the community welfare service operated by the health boards. There were approximately 300,000 recipients who received payments of £152 million in 1996. The overall administration costs in 1996 were almost £17 million.

This examination set out to gather information about consultancies undertaken by all government departments in the period 1994 to 1996.

This is a report on Controls over Local Authority Finances and concerns expressed by Local Government Auditors, Nugatory Expenditure on major water supply and sewerage schemes carried out by local authorities following approval by the Department of Environment and Local Government and collection of Motor Vehicle Duties.

This is a report on the OPW covering errors in Irregular Payments made, General Payments System, PAYE/PRSI Payroll Deductions and suspense accounts.

This report is a general overview of miscellaneous issues relating to Financial Management.

The examination focused on the steps being taken to promote more cost effective prescribing within the OMS scheme and to determine whether there is potential for further savings and the extent to which the required improvements identified in the 1994 Strategy document have been implemented.

This is a report on the National Debt and the Audit of the Savings Bank Fund.

This is a report on the tribunal costs of the compensation tribunal for those who had contracted Hepatitis C from the use of Human Immunoglobin Anti-D, whole blood or other blood products.

This is a report on Social Welfare overpayments, Anti Fraud Measures for Unemployment Payments and Non Unemployment Payments, prosecutions for fraud, recovery of overpayments and Irregularity at an Unemployment Branch Office.