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611 landfill sites have been identified

C&AG: Govt spent €158m on remediating landfills

Business • 30 Sep 20

The Department of Education last issued a manual in relation to the maintenance of primary schools in 1998

C&AG: Dept of Education has no building database

Business • 30 Sep 20

33 people left the NTMA last year under a voluntary redundancy scheme

C&AG: NTMA paid bonuses of €2m to 200 employees in 2019

Business • 30 Sep 20

The system was due to be completed last June

C&AG: Finance system €68m over budget and 3 years late

Business • 30 Sep 20

609,000 "control reviews" were carried out last year

C&AG: Welfare overpayments of €104m identified in 2019

Business • 30 Sep 20

The loans in Project Nantes changed hands for €27m, when they could have fetched €56m, the C&AG found

C&AG report criticises NAMA loan sale

Business • 19 Mar 20

Ireland's gross national debt increased by €6.6bn in 2018 to €205.3bn

Report shows €5.2bn increase in tax and PRSI take

Ireland • 30 Sep 19

Ireland contributed €2 billion to the EU budget in 2017

Ireland will pay more to EU budget in future

Business • 27 Feb 19

Just ten very wealthy individuals pay 85% of the income tax from the 480-strong High Worth Individuals group

25% of richest taxpayers pay at rate lower than average

Business • 28 Sep 18

ast year, cigarettes and other tobacco products worth over €20m were seized

State lost €229m due to illegal cigarettes in 2017

Ireland • 28 Sep 18

Companies can offset losses in one period against profits in a later period when calculating their Corporation Tax bills

26 companies had 56% of corporate tax losses in 2016

Business • 28 Sep 18

There was no evidence that the full costs of leasing Miesian Plaza were identified and evaluated

€15.8m paid in rent for vacant Dept of Health building

Comptroller And Auditor General • 28 Sep 18

The average number of paid overtime hours increased by 185% per officer

Efforts to control Garda overtime budget 'ineffective'

Ireland • 28 Sep 18

€3.8 billion was paid by the HSE to about 2,270 agencies to provide a range of health and social care services

More detail sought on agencies in receipt of HSE funds

Ireland • 29 Sep 17

The State originally gave the religious congregations an indemnity in 2002, limiting their contribution

13% of redress scheme cost paid so far - C&AG report

News • 09 Mar 17

C&AG says Revenue's Random Audit Programme 'is not representative of the full population'

4 out of 10 audits in 2015 revealed underpayments

Business • 30 Sep 16

Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Robert Watt

Department defends management of severance payouts

News • 21 Sep 16

Brian McEnery said NAMA was on track to make a profit for the State of around €2.5bn

NAMA audit chairman criticises C&AG

News • 20 Sep 17

Yesterday the Cabinet agreed that there needs to be further investigation of the sale

Agreement reached over NAMA statutory inquiry

News • 16 Sep 16

130-page report on NAMA sale was published today

Watchdog audit finds NAMA sale incurred £190m loss

News • 16 Sep 16

Project Eagle sale mired in controversy

Watchdog report on Project Eagle to be published

News • 12 Sep 16

More than a third of transactions audited were found to be non-compliant with procurement rules

Non-compliance with HSE procurement rules - C&AG

Business • 26 Sep 14

Almost 5,000 exemptions from property tax were claimed because the houses were on unfinished housing estates

C&AG urges review of property tax exemptions

Business • 26 Sep 14

The total cost of the water services programme between 2007 and 2013 was €2.9bn

Govt spent €241m on water investment in 2013

News • 26 Sep 14

The report recommends setting targets for individual procedures

Report recommends increase in day surgeries

News • 19 Aug 14

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