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politics

C&AG: Properties used by IPAS lacked proper documentation

Due diligence documentation on 20 sample properties used by the International Protection Accommodation Service was 'significantly incomplete'

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news

C&AG: Government spent more than €12m on unoccupied office space in 2024

<p>In September last year, the European Court of Justice ruled that Ireland had granted unlawful state aid to Apple over several years, for which Ireland had to recover more than €13bn from the tech giant. Picture: Dan Linehan</p>

companies

C&AG: Apple tax fund's market losses and €881m gain

OPW approved building of €71m children's science museum, exposing taxpayer to 'unnecessary risk'

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OPW approved building of €71m children's science museum, exposing taxpayer to 'unnecessary risk'

Student health and wellbeing survey

news

C&AG: Department of education lost €1.3m to enrolment fraud

Estate agent giving house keys to customer and sign agreement in office.

news

C&AG: Revenue finds almost half of landlords underdeclared their rental income tax

female construction apprentice and colleague

C&AG: Concern over PRSI payments to the National Training Fund

A new report from the Comptroller & Auditor General found weaknesses in the process used to collect and allocate PRSI receipts

Tue, 30 Sep, 2025

Bayer Leverkusen Training - Aviva Stadium - Tuesday May 21st

C&AG: Gardaí spent €250k on unused hotel rooms during Europa League final

Audit finds An Garda Síochána wasted nearly a quarter-million euro on unused hotel rooms while also overpaying travel claims

Tue, 30 Sep, 2025

1916 Commemorations Ceremonys

More than €18m of Ireland's defence budget unspent and handed back to exchequer last year

Underspends in pay offset in part by overspends in deployment, equipment and IT, Comptroller and Auditor General report shows

Fri, 04 Oct, 2024

Cost of Glanmire's delayed traffic and infrastructure project triples

Cost of Glanmire's delayed traffic and infrastructure project triples

A report published by the Comptroller and Auditor General said that the cost of building and construction materials increased by 40% between June 2017 and June 2024

Wed, 02 Oct, 2024

Ireland stock

'Building in some level of accountability is going to be essential' for Government, says PAC vice chair

'To say that money management within the State is not ideal would be an understatement,' the vice chair of the Public Accounts Committee, Catherine Murphy, said

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

High angle view of businessman counting money

Job Initiative scheme to remain open until all participants reach retirement age

When the Department of Social Protection took over the scheme, it had just under 1,200 participants with an annual budget of close to €30m

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

File Photo The Health Service Executive has said it is working to establish how many patients may need to have their medical tes

Cost of new financial management system for HSE have risen by €40m above original estimate

Comptroller and Auditor General report raised concerns about costs, the pace of the work and its impact so far

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

OPW spends just €167,000 on adapting flood management plans

OPW spends just €167,000 on adapting flood management plans

A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) on how the agency has adapted its flood risk climate change plan noted that 'assessing and tracking direct spending on the plan is difficult to achieve'

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

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

Cyber Technology Security Protection Screen, Advanced Cloud Data Security System, Futuristic Technology Background, 3d Rendering

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