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The report provides an overview of the cost of direct responses to Covid-19 or its impacts by the relevant government departments. The figures include costs incurred on support schemes or direct spending on Covid-19 responses in the year to end February 2021.

This chapter reviews the value for money achieved for expenditure of €6.5 million in the provision of night vision technology and training on Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopters under the remit of the Department of Transport and the Irish Coast Guard.

This chapter reviews the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment’s oversight arrangements for the restart grant schemes. Around €633m was paid to businesses that self-declared eligibility for the scheme. Reviews of eligibility have not yet been completed.

This examination focuses on the governance structures adopted between Revenue and the Department of Social Protection, the process in place to verify the eligibility of claims under the Scheme and the subsequent recovery of subsidies in excess of entitlement.

The Fiscal Responsibility Act 2012 requires the Comptroller and Auditor General to report to Dáil Éireann with respect to the correctness of the sums brought to account by the Council Each year. This Chapter is the report for 2020.

This report provides an outline of the annual funding process and summarises Vote expenditure for all Votes and highlights some key trends. The report provides an analysis of estimated provision and outturn on an individual basis and overall.

This examination sought to identify if the controls over the assessment and collection of Insurance Compensation fund levies are effective and if the financial reporting in respect of the fund is adequate.

This report reviews the timeliness of public sector financial reporting and focuses mainly on financial statements for periods ending in 2017. The report also summarises the types of issue that were brought to attention in the Comptroller and Auditor General’s audit reports on financial statements for 2017.

This report provides an overview of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme — generally referred to as ‘Fair Deal’ — after its first ten years of operation. It includes a review of the weekly charge rates for the provision of nursing home care, management of demand for the scheme, assessment of residents’ contributions to the cost of their care, and State lending to nursing home residents.

This report assesses how the Department implemented the recommendations contained in the C&AG’s special report number 82, Financial Management and Reporting for Fishery Harbour Centres and reviews the Department’s governance arrangements for implementing the recommendations.