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This examination focused on matters arising out of audits in the education sector.

This report provides a fuller account of the overall financial status and administration of the Authority including its investment in the Irish Glass Bottle site.

The objective of this chapter is to provide an overview of the funds flowing from and through central Government sources to local authorities, and of the purposes for which the funds have been provided.

This chapter examines all Official Development Assistance (ODA) expenditure to developing countries in one statement. It also outlines the systems in place for audit and evaluation of the major components of the Irish ODA programme.

This chapter documents details in relation to the level of irregularity of social welfare payments and how the department assesses and estimates this level of irregularity.

This chapter reports the results of a review of the Department of Social Protections progress in relation to the introduction of a risk based control policy in relation to Supplementary Welfare allowance.

This is a report examining the outturn of capital investment under the National Childcare Investment Programme, the risks to value achievement and how the delivery of childcare is administered, monitored and evaluated.

This is a report examining a set of issues relating to the management of voted funds by the HSE including: the manner in which the HSE managed resources in light of staff reduction measures, information gaps in the records of the Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS), the financial impact of certain scheme overlaps, how risks arising from dual eligibility under dental schemes were being managed and how delivery of dental treatment is verified, the percentage of private patients being charged for their accommodation in public hospitals and the scope for increasing income from that category of patient and the arrangements for monitoring by the HSE of voluntary hospitals.

This is a report examining the overall work of the Partnership Arrangements in the Health Service Forum and outlines, the partnership arrangements that operated at national, area and local level, the results of project evaluations, how funding under the Action Plan for People Management was administered and the arrangements to recover the balance of funding not utilised including funds from other State sources.

This chapter reports certain deficiencies in the control and associated governance arrangements operated by the Valuation Office during 2010 together with the response of the Accounting Officer to the audit findings.