Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2019
The Comptroller and Auditor General issued his Report on the Public Services for the year ended 31 December 2019.
The report deals with
- any matters considered appropriate to report on arising from audits of the appropriation accounts prepared by the Accounting Officers of government departments and offices in relation to the appropriations voted by Dáil Éireann for the previous financial year
any matters considered appropriate to report on arising from examinations of the internal accounting controls operated by government departments and offices (in the current or previous financial year) to ensure the regularity of their financial transactions, the correctness of their payments and receipts, the reliability and completeness of their accounting records and the safeguarding of the assets owned and controlled by them
- the results of examinations of the accounts of the revenues collected by the Revenue Commissioners – these examinations include assessment of whether the accounts are complete and accurate, and whether the Revenue Commissioners have established and applied systems, procedures and practices that are adequate to secure an effective check on the assessment, collection and proper allocation of the revenues.
The report is available below
Report on the Accounts of the Public Services 2019
Exchequer financial outturn for 2019
Central government funding of local authorities
Vote accounting and budget management
Control over welfare payments
Implementation of financial management shared services
Delay in payment of counsel fees by the Chief State Solicitor’s Office
Catering and ancillary services in prisons
Management of the schools estate
Remediation of landfill sites
Financial management and reporting for fishery harbour centres
Measuring performance for Exchequer spending on social housing
Progress under the Land Aggregation Scheme
The Pyrite Remediation Scheme
Management of tax appeals
Accounts of the National Treasury Management Agency
Post Office Savings Bank Fund
Ireland Apple escrow fund
Irish Fiscal Advisory Council
