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This report examines the role of the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in the management of a cross border broadband project. The report is the result of a co-ordinated examination between the Office of Comptroller and Auditor General and the Northern Ireland Audit Office.

This chapter reviews the administration and management of the Broadcasting Fund, which is managed and controlled by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. It also reviews the outputs and performance of the fund and the extent to which it has been evaluated.

This is a report on the three energy schemes for the Residential Sector were reviewed in order to assess whether the financial assistance provided had been properly controlled and how the schemes were administered including the output and performance under each scheme and the extent to which the schemes had been evaluated.

This is a report examining Metropolitan Area Networks and the extent of the take up of the infrastructure provided, the barriers to full exploitation by service providers, the extent of revenue being generated and the arrangements to market the service and the prospects for a payback on the investment taking account of technological developments since the inception of MANs.

This is a report on the observations on the slow start-up of the National Digital Research Centre, the circumstances giving rise to the refund of €1.725m and the arrangements for safeguarding intellectual property rights.

This is a report examining the Irish National Seabed Survey and Payments to the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland.

This is a report on the assessment of the systems and procedures in operation for the managing and monitoring of the interconnectivity project, Total costs and revenues, both actual and projected, and to consider the State’s exposure on the Project, whether contracts entered into were adequate to protect the State’s interest, procedures adopted in the selection of the interconnectivity supplier and telehouse provider, procedures employed for the onward sale of capacity to telecommunications operators and what action has been taken in relation to options acquired by the State for the purchase of further capacity.

This is a report on the The transfer of the public telecommunications system from State control to the Private Sector.

The examination focused on establishing whether the Government Telecommunications Network was cost-effective, the potential for economy gains was being realised and if there was proper monitoring of telephone costs.