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C&AG report criticises Garda charging policies for policing non-public duty events
C&AG report criticises Garda charging policies for policing non-public duty events
The C&AG report has found Garda charging policies for policing non-public duty events, including concerts and matches, are not robust enough

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

Royal High School
No legal agreements in place for State’s multi-million investment in schools on patron-owned sites
Comptroller and Auditor General report found leases not in place for schools on patron-owned sites, such as on land owned by Catholic Church

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

Department identifies 60,000 cases of overpayment of covid unemployment benefit 
Department identifies 60,000 cases of overpayment of covid unemployment benefit 
The Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) had previously highlighted the risk of overpayments through the pandemic unemployment payments scheme

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

Average cost of modular homes for Ukrainian refugees increases to €442,000
Average cost of modular homes for Ukrainian refugees increases to €442,000
The C&AG report found the average cost of delivering a modular home increased to €442,000, up from €200,000 estimated in June 2022

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

Revenue collects €172m from sugar tax, C&AG report reveals
Revenue collects €172m from sugar tax, C&AG report reveals
Revenue also carried out 126 interventions in identifying companies which should be paying the tax but were not

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

Ireland Apple escrow fund recorded first annual gain in 2023
Ireland Apple escrow fund recorded first annual gain in 2023
New C&AG report said last year's gain was the first since the account's establishment and was underpinned by a high interest rate environment

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

Campus of the University of Limerick
UL staff 'angered' by implication they share blame for financial mismanagement
Unite trade union said recent Town Hall meeting 'seemed to make us all accountable' for 'utter mismanagement' over property purchases by the university

Fri, 20 Sep, 2024

Even after C&AG report on the madness at UL, there is never anyone to blame 
Even after C&AG report on the madness at UL, there is never anyone to blame 
While there are signs of better governance in future, the Comptroller and Auditor General's damning report into UL's property dealings leaves plenty of unanswered questions

Fri, 13 Sep, 2024

Damning report reveals UL overpaid for properties by millions of euro
Damning report reveals UL overpaid for properties by millions of euro
State spending watchdog finds significant failings by university in the acquisition of former Dunnes Stores on Honan's Quay and homes purchased in Rhebogue for student accommodation

Fri, 13 Sep, 2024

Home tax deduction
Average homeowner facing €40,000 bill for 'one-stop-shop' deep retrofit upgrade
The Public Accounts Committee heard on Thursday that there has been a sharp increase in the number of property upgrades this year

Thu, 09 Nov, 2023

Euro stock
€11.1m debt from social welfare overpayments is written off
In one case, a debt of over €10,000 in respect of a deceased person was written off by the Department of Social Protection

Fri, 29 Sep, 2023

TDs will grill HSE after damning report into its procurement of covid ventilators
TDs will grill HSE after damning report into its procurement of covid ventilators
Oireachtas PAC will ask why millions of euro were spent on ventilators that were never used, in the wake of the report by the Comptroller and Auditor General

Sun, 12 Mar, 2023

Healthcare workers intubating a COVID patient.
Report into HSE ventilator spend recommends  guidelines on advance payments
The report examines advance payments worth millions of euro to suppliers and sources in China for ventilators, many of which were never delivered.

Tue, 07 Mar, 2023

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Almost €660m needed to bring HSE cyber security up to standard
The Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) said the full cost of the cyberattack in 2021 has still not been quantified

Fri, 30 Sep, 2022

Gavel, scales of justice and law books
Medical negligence court cases taking almost five years to resolve
Families now have to spend longer in court fighting medical negligence cases than 10 years ago, with some cases taking as many as 5. 4 years to process, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) report shows.

Fri, 30 Sep, 2022

Apple tax bill
Value of Apple's escrow fund fell by €351m last year
The fall is explained in the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) report as being largely down to a withdrawal Apple made to pay tax in another country

Fri, 30 Sep, 2022

€124m in unclaimed Lotto prizes since 2014, C&AG report finds
€124m in unclaimed Lotto prizes since 2014, C&AG report finds
The vast majority of that €124m total, €122m, has since been spent on promoting and advertising the lottery itself

Fri, 30 Sep, 2022

'Serious questions' about public spending on Galway Capital of Culture 
'Serious questions' about public spending on Galway Capital of Culture 
The total funding the event received came to €22.9m, of which €20m was public money

Tue, 05 Oct, 2021

Immigrant Investor Programme
Department will check on some Covid-19 enhanced illness benefit recipients, states C&AG
The required recent PRSI contribution history of claimants was not checked before the claim was put into payment, according to the State watchdog.

Thu, 30 Sep, 2021

DENIS SCANNELL
Thousands could have claimed PUP payments without proving lost income 
A number of checks were carried out in July 2020, March 2021 and July 2021, which resulted in tens of thousands of claims being stopped

Thu, 30 Sep, 2021

Department to review some successful social welfare appeals
Department to review some successful social welfare appeals
New measures will see the Decisions Advisory Office monitor successfully appealed decisions and also arrange for periodic reviews.

Thu, 30 Sep, 2021

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