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This report reviews the timeliness of public sector financial reporting and focuses mainly on financial statements for periods ending in 2017. The report also summarises the types of issue that were brought to attention in the Comptroller and Auditor General’s audit reports on financial statements for 2017.

This report examines progress made to date on a project to implement a financial management shared services model across a range of Government departments, offices and agencies; and reviews arrangements in place to complete the project.

This chapter examines the substantial funding provided from central government funding to local authorities (€3.69 billion in 2018) and the purpose of the funding provided.

This examination identified six projects carried out under the contract with a combined expenditure of €7.4 million and where the value of work undertaken ranged from €600,000 to €2.5 million. These were in excess of the €500,000 limit for individual minor construction works.

This chapter examines the provision of services without charge (allied services) by one vote to another, including superannuation and capital service payments.

This chapter reviews elements of the accounting framework in place for capital assets in government departments and considers the accounting policies in use in individual departments. It also sets out certain issues identified in relation to capital assets during audits of the appropriation account.

This is a standard report which aggregates and summarises the results of the 42 appropriation accounts for 2018, and highlights key variances relative to estimates.

This chapter examines how the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection measures claim processing performance across a range of schemes and current performance using those measures.

This chapter examines how the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection development paper-based and online application forms, the current level of online applications and the compliance of paper-based forms with NALA/DPER guidance.

This chapter looks at the progress made by the Department of Health and the HSE in the development of primary care centres (PCCs) since 2010. As at March 2019 there were 127 PCCs in operation - around 36% of the targeted network. The chapter reviews the prioritisation of locations for development, and the delivery methods used.