Special Reports

This examination of the purchasing of tyres for the Garda Síochána was carried out to establish if, in the period 1998-2000, there was a loss of economy in the purchase of tyres by the Garda Síochána, and if so, how great was the loss, to establish if the tendering and procurement procedures for tyres for the Garda Síochána accorded with best practice and to establish the level of control over payment for tyres in the Garda Síochána.

This examination was carried out to identify and evaluate the extent to which the ERI achieved its objectives in the period 1997-2000.

The examination set out to review training and development activity across the civil service with a view to assessing how it could be improved in terms of its organisation, management and overall effectiveness.

This examination aimed primarily to establish how efficiently and effectively the fines system operates in relation to cases within the jurisdiction of the District Court.

This examination is concerned with the operation of the scheme and its outcome to date, some eighteen years after its introduction. The examination assessed how the scheme is implemented and how the implementing agencies measure the impact of the scheme on those in need and the systems and procedures in place to evaluate the scheme’s overall effectiveness.

This examination was concerned with the techniques used to determine the accuracy of weather forecasts and with the arrangements between Met Éireann and the Department for the management of the performance of the service.

The examination sought to establish how the Central Bank discharges its role to regulate and what practices are followed to determine the effectiveness of its regulation activities. The response of the Bank to the requirements to counter money laundering was also considered.

This value for money examination was concerned with aspects of the economy and efficiency of the provision of the driver testing service.

The effectiveness of value for money (VFM) examinations depends on the success of the accountability process which VFM reports serve and on the Impact which the reports have on improving the activities of the bodies examined. This report considers the impact of the first sixteen VFM reports produced between December 1994 and 1996.

This value for money report is concerned with the operation during the period 1994 - 1999 of local development initiatives provided through County Enterprise Boards (CEBs), Area-Based Partnership Companies (Partnerships) and LEADER groups. The value for money examination looked at specific issues relating to the administrative and operational efficiency of the three types of bodies, the arrangements for co-ordination between the bodies and approaches to evaluation of their impact.