Cuardaigh

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This is a report examining the Organisational Progress of the Department covering whether the Department’s capacity as assessed under the pilot organisational review process was adequate to deliver on its mandate, the extent to which investment under the Management Information Framework (MIF) has improved financial and performance management and reporting and whether Output Statements produced by the Department give a reasonable view of its output and performance.

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This is a report on the Farm Improvement Scheme, examining the Scheme Structure, Commitments and Administration

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This is a report on the Farm Waste Management Scheme Liabilities, examining the liabilities and commitments under the scheme at 31 December 2008 and the arrangements for controlling expenditure under this scheme.

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This is a report showing a Review of Welfare Overpayment Cases which reviewed the extent to which, in a sample of large overpayment cases, the Department might have avoided the overpayments by using information it already held on its information systems and conducting reviews in accordance with its own preset schedules.

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This is a report showing a Review of Jobseeker Payments, specifically, a Review of the administration of Jobseeker cases in local offices is a normal part of the audits of social welfare spending, and aims generally to confirm, on a sample basis, that payments made are in line with claimants’ entitlements. In addition, the review sought to establish to what extent the ongoing significant increases in the number of persons registering as unemployed was impacting on the service provided to clients and on the level of control being exercised over payments.

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This is a report on the Management of Private Patient Income. The report sought to examine the extent to which private patients are treated in public hospitals and whether all private patients were being charged for accommodation by hospitals in circumstances where they had a private treatment relationship with their consultant, whether the full economic cost was being levied on private patients, whether Consultant Contract 2008 will impact on the recovery of accommodation charges by hospitals in respect of private patients and the timeliness of debt recovery by hospitals in the public health system.

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This ios a report showing arrangements in how the Dublin Ambulance Service is operated by Dublin Corporation Fire Brigade for the HSE.

The Comptroller and Auditor General has published his Report to Dáil Éireann on the results of his examination of the 2007 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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The Comptroller and Auditor General publishes his Report to Dáil Éireann on the results of his examination of the 2007 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 Procurement and Travel Expenses in the Irish Prison Service.