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This is a report on the examination of the MediaLab Europe project, the Fishery Harbour Centres Failure to prepare Annual Accounts and the effectiveness of the collection of Harbour Centre debts and the processing of Foreshore Leases/Licences.

The Comptroller and Auditor General has published his Report to Dáil Éireann on the results of his examination of the 2003 Accounts of Government Departments and Offices. The Report identifies issues, which in his opinion, merit consideration by the Committee of Public Accounts in the interests of transparency and accountability.

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This is a report examining the Department’s role in allocating grant funding for specific projects concerning the development of Marinas.

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A current television licence is required in respect of all premises where televisions are kept. In June 2003, 1.35 million properties were licensable and the annual licence fee was €150. Licence fee income, net of collection costs, is made available for public service broadcasting. The Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources (the Department) has overall responsibility for the management of the licence fee collection process. The challenge in managing the collection of television licence fees is to ensure that licence fee collection is as cost effective as possible while ensuring that the requirement to have a licence is enforced and evaders are pursued.

A current television licence is required in respect of all premises where televisions are kept. In June 2003, 1.35 million properties were licensable and the annual licence fee was €150. Licence fee income, net of collection costs, is made available for public service broadcasting. The Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources (the Department) has overall responsibility for the management of the licence fee collection process. The challenge in managing the collection of television licence fees is to ensure that licence fee collection is as cost effective as possible while ensuring that the requirement to have a licence is enforced and evaders are pursued.

This examination focused on the operations of the Service over the period 1995 to 2002.

The Comptroller and Auditor General has published his Report to Dáil Éireann on the results of his examination of the 2002 Accounts of Government Departments and Offices. The Report identifies issues, which in his opinion, merit consideration by the Committee of Public Accounts in the interests of transparency and accountability.

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This is a report analysing the delivery and development of the IT Systems for the Forestry Service and the Supply Agreement for International Telecommunications Connectivity.

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This is a report of the examination of the Reckoning by the Department of Pre-1953 Contributions for the Old Age (Contributory) Pension and the Telecommunications System Fraud.

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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.