HSE internal audits July-December 2015 - Tusla: Dozens of pay and timekeeping issues

A HSE audit report on Tusla, the child and family agency, has raised dozens of issues of non-compliance regarding payments to staff and timekeeping at the organisation.

The audit, issued internally within the HSE last November and released to the Irish Examiner under the Freedom of Information Act, found control and compliance issues with Tusla’s payroll process; its management of staff working time; and with personal allowances issued to employees.

The majority of the audit’s 50 recommendations were classified as ‘medium’ ranking, meaning that the issues identified posed “a moderate risk of financial loss, and/or of accounting error, and/or of non compliance with policies or regulations”.