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When the Local Infrastructure Housing Activation Fund (LIHAF) was announced in July 2016 it was allocated €147m to deliver 30 infrastructure projects over four years.

Fund to support housing supply set to breach budget

A fund designed to support housing supply by relieving critical infrastructure blockages that were believed to be preventing housing delivery on sites with development potential is set to breach its budget by more than a third.

Business • 30 Sep 24

The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General said there was a total spend of €166 million on the Metro North up until 2011 when the project was postponed.

€225m of Exchequer funding written off on 3 rail projects

Around €225 million of Exchequer funding has been written off in relation to three related rail projects.

Business • 30 Sep 24

The C&AG said the State has invested significant funds in the schools estate over many years.

Lack of legal agreements for schools on non State land

Four years after the Comptroller and Auditor General warned about the lack of legal agreements concerning schools on land not owned by the state, the C&AG says little progress has been made.

Business • 30 Sep 24

The Public Accounts Committee is due to meet on Thursday to discuss scheduling meetings to examine the issues highlighted by the C&AG report

PAC to examine issues highlighted in latest C&AG report

Public Accounts Committee chairman Brian Stanley has said that the latest report from the State's spending watchdog, the Comptroller and Auditor General, has highlighted a number of areas that PAC will examine further.

Business • 01 Oct 24

The C&AG has urged the Department of Education to improve record-keeping for school inspections

Department of Education urged to improve record-keeping

The Department of Education has been urged to improve record-keeping for school inspections.

Business • 30 Sep 24

€2.2m was paid out in performance-related payments to 262 staff at the NTMA last year

€2.2m paid in performance-related payments to NTMA staff

A total of €2.2m was paid out in performance-related payments to 262 staff at the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) last year.

Business • 30 Sep 24

The C&AG's examination involved a review of An Garda Síochána policies, procedures and other relevant documents

C&AG urges gardaí to review non public duty events fees

The Comptroller and Auditor General's 2023 report has recommended An Garda Síochána reviews procedures and fees charged at non public duty events to ensure unrecovered costs are not funded by the Exchequer.

Business • 30 Sep 24

Today's report from the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) outlines a number of social welfare payment issues (Pic: RollingNews.ie)

22% of jobseekers' allowance claimants overpaid - C&AG

Almost a quarter of those receiving jobseekers' allowance over the past two years have been overpaid, new data shows.

Business • 30 Sep 24

The C&AG report said €136m has been spent to date on the development and rollout of the new HSE system, which was originally budgeted to cost €132m

Cost of new HSE financial management system not known

The total expected cost for the so far incomplete deployment of a new financial management system for the HSE and other bodies is not yet known, almost ten years after its budget was approved and seven years since its roll out began.

Business • 30 Sep 24

A 'rapid build' housing site in Co Cavan

Cost of modular homes for Ukrainians more than doubled

The cost of building rapid-build modular homes for Ukrainians has more than doubled, according to the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Business • 30 Sep 24

The C&AG said just under 73% of scheme expenditure in 2023 was paid to the NTA and Bus Éireann on the basis of legacy estimated usage levels that no longer have any relevance

Total of €92.6m paid to free travel operators - C&AG

The Department of Social Protection paid €92.6m to free travel operators last year, the latest report from the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) shows.

Business • 30 Sep 24

The Office of Public Works is the lead organisation for the sectoral adaptation plan for flood risk management (file image)

C&AG finds flood risk management plan lacks transparency

The report of the Comptroller and Auditor General has said the absence of details surrounding specific allocations of funding for climate change adaptation limits transparency.

Climate Change • 30 Sep 24

The 'sugar tax' was introduced in May 2018 as one of a number of measures aimed at tackling obesity

'Confusion' over sugar tax repayments - C&AG report

Revenue has acknowledged that confusion around approval requirements has led to delays in finalising repayments of the Sugar Sweetened Drinks Tax to some taxpayers.

Business • 30 Sep 24

The Job Initiative Scheme was launched in 1996 to help the long-term unemployed prepare for work by providing participants with work experience, and training and development opportunities

Job Initiative Scheme cost the State €10.7m last year

The Job Initiative Scheme which has been closed to new applicants since 2004 cost the state €10.7m last year.

Business • 30 Sep 24

The C&AG examined funding provided by the Department to the Dublin Region Homeless Executive (DRHE) for The Peter McVerry Trust

Improve oversight of Peter McVerry Trust funding - C&AG

The State's spending watchdog, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), has found that financial controls have not operated as expected at the Department of Housing in respect of funding for the homelessness charity The Peter McVerry Trust.

Business • 30 Sep 24

As it happened: C&AG publishes public accounts report

Read back through all of the key updates as the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General published its public services accounts report for 2023.

Ireland • 30 Sep 24

Local authorities are funded from central government

C&AG - Local authority funding passes €6bn in 2022

Funding from central government to local authorities totalled almost €6.04 billion in 2022, according to the Comptroller and Auditor General report, which represents a net increase of around €270 million on 2021, and up around 127% since 2017.

Business • 29 Sep 23

The Social Insurance Fund will need to be topped up by the Exchequer to the tune of €10 billion a year by 2050

C&AG - Social Insurance Fund to be in deficit from 2034

The Social Insurance Fund, which is where PRSI payments go in to pay for social protection payments, including pensions, will be in deficit from 2034 and will need to be topped up by the Exchequer to the tune of €10 billion a year by 2050.

Business • 29 Sep 23

The Department of Finance forecasts Ireland's contribution to the EU Budget to rise to nearly €4.5bn by 2027

Ireland contributed €3.6bn to EU Budget last year

Last year Ireland contributed €3.6 billion to the EU Budget and by 2027, the Department of Finance forecasts our contribution will have increased to almost €4.5bn.

Business • 29 Sep 23

The Exchequer had to refund the Central Bank with a once-off payment of €6.5million in December 2022

C&AG - Exchequer refunded Central Bank €6.5 million

The Exchequer was forced to refund the Central Bank €6.5 million after funds from it were used to reduce debts owed by Somalia and Sudan to the International Monetary Fund.

Business • 29 Sep 23

The survey examined 600 randomly selected claims in payments in February 2002

C&AG - 10% of jobseeker's claimants overpaid

The Department of Social Protection carried out a control survey on the jobseeker's benefit scheme and found 9.7% of claimants were receiving more than they were entitled to, according to the C&AG Report.

Business • 29 Sep 23

From 2018 to 2022, the department recovered an average of €76 million per annum

Social Protection Dept had €495m outstanding debt

The Comptroller and Auditor General report has shown that at the end of last year, the Department of Social Protection had outstading debt of €495 million relating to scheme overpayments to claimants, and a large proportion of debtors are not repaying debts.

Business • 29 Sep 23

The timeline for completion of the new FMSS project was extended to 2025 (file pic)

€62m spent on new financial system for public sector

A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General has highlighted difficulties in the rollout of a new shared financial management system for the public sector.

Business • 29 Sep 23

The Comptroller and Auditor General's report found payments made to social welfare branch office managers in 2022 were 'irregular' (File Photo)

C&AG - Dept to seek sanction for ex gratia payments

The Department of Social Protection has agreed to seek sanction in advance from the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform for any future ex gratia payments after a C&AG report found payments made to social welfare branch office managers in 2022 were 'irregular'.

Business • 29 Sep 23

The report makes clear that the HSE has carried a deficit since it was set up in 2005 (file image)

C&AG - HSE carried accumulated 2022 deficit of €1.24bn

The Health Service Executive was carrying an accumulated deficit of €1.24 billion at the end of 2022, according to today's report from the Comptroller and Auditor General.

Business • 29 Sep 23

Comptroller And Auditor General

Fund to support housing supply set to breach budget

€225m of Exchequer funding written off on 3 rail projects

Lack of legal agreements for schools on non State land

PAC to examine issues highlighted in latest C&AG report

Department of Education urged to improve record-keeping

€2.2m paid in performance-related payments to NTMA staff

C&AG urges gardaí to review non public duty events fees

22% of jobseekers' allowance claimants overpaid - C&AG

Cost of new HSE financial management system not known

Cost of modular homes for Ukrainians more than doubled

Total of €92.6m paid to free travel operators - C&AG

C&AG finds flood risk management plan lacks transparency

'Confusion' over sugar tax repayments - C&AG report

Job Initiative Scheme cost the State €10.7m last year

Improve oversight of Peter McVerry Trust funding - C&AG

As it happened: C&AG publishes public accounts report

C&AG - Local authority funding passes €6bn in 2022

C&AG - Social Insurance Fund to be in deficit from 2034

Ireland contributed €3.6bn to EU Budget last year

C&AG - Exchequer refunded Central Bank €6.5 million

C&AG - 10% of jobseeker's claimants overpaid

Social Protection Dept had €495m outstanding debt

€62m spent on new financial system for public sector

C&AG - Dept to seek sanction for ex gratia payments

C&AG - HSE carried accumulated 2022 deficit of €1.24bn