Special Reports

The Comptroller and Auditor General has carried out a review of the School Transport Service and reports on whether the Department of Education and Skills can demonstrate that it is achieving value for money through its arrangements with Bus Éireann to deliver the service and whether adequate oversight is in place.

The examination reviewed motor tax receipts, the cost of collecting motor tax and controls in place.

The Comptroller and Auditor General has carried out an examination of the cost of the child abuse inquiry and redress. The work of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse and of the Redress Board is largely complete.

The Comptroller and Auditor has carried out a review of public sector financial reporting focusing mainly on financial statements for periods ending in 2014. The report reviews the timeliness of public sector financial reporting and identifies those bodies where delays have occurred and the causes of those delays.

The Comptroller and Auditor General has carried out an examination of the National Asset Management Agency's sale of Project Eagle.

The Comptroller and Auditor General has carried out a review of the annualised hours system in the Irish Prison Service.

The Comptroller and Auditor General has carried out a review of the management of flood risk in Ireland.

The Comptroller and Auditor General has carried out an examination of the management of severance payments in public sector bodies.

The Comptroller and Auditor General has completed a special report on the management of a cross-border broadband initiative (the Bytel Project).

The Comptroller and Auditor General has carried out a review of certain matters pertaining to internal control in County Cork Vocational Educational Committee.

This report focused on an examination of the restructuring of the administration of student grants.

This report is based on a review of the effectiveness of audit committees in State bodies.

This examination was based on Bord na gCon's development of Limerick greyhound racing stadium.

This report was based on a review carried out on accounting and governance at the National College of Art and Design.

This report focused on a review of the implementation and enforcement of the European Waste Shipment Regulation in Ireland.

This report was as carried out as part of a review of the management of elective day surgery by the Health Service Executive (HSE).

This examination focused on the financial management and reporting for fishery harbour centres.

This report is based on a review of the extent to which the NAMA has made progress in achieving its overall objectives.

This report examines the payment of public money to the Fund, and how the money in the Fund was managed and used.

This report reviews the extent to which the loan acquisition process has been completed, the profile of collateral underlying the loans and how NAMA manages its relationships with borrowers.