Embassy audits highlight concerns over cash transactions

Embassy audits highlight concerns over cash transactions

The report suggested that better support could be offered by DFA headquarters back in Dublin. 

Holding more than €16,000 in cash for a deposit on a security contract, getting refused for a credit card, and incomplete receipts to back up hotel stays were among the issues raised in a series of Department of Foreign Affairs audits of its diplomatic service.

An internal audit of the Embassy in Beijing details how it was having to make large weekly cash deliveries, such was the level of visa fees being received from Chinese citizens.

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