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The chapter provides an overview of funds flowing from central government to local authorities, and the purpose for which those funds have been provided. It also analyses the allocation of local property tax funding to the local authorities.

The chapter gives an overview of the application of Circular 13/2014 to public bodies that provide funding to local authorities. The chapter also examines the disclosure requirements of local authorities in relation to the central government funding they receive.

This chapter examines how the OPW responded to the Dublin Convention Centre's under performance, in attracting the requisite number of international conference delegates provided for in the PPP agreement, due to the impact of pandemic related restrictions, and whether the State's interests were protected.

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 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.

This report is based on a review of the management of flood risk in Ireland carried out by the C&AG

This report examines the arrangements for the provision of valuation services to rating authorities and public bodies, the progress in implementation of the revaluation programme and how overall performance is managed.

This examination looks at the extent to which government departments and agencies are providing information and services on-line and are using internet-based technology to improve their efficiency. Ireland's performance compared to other countries was examined.

Public private partnerships (PPPs) are contractual arrangements under which private sector partners deliver projects and services that traditionally were delivered directly by the public sector. The concept involves the public sector partner specifying clearly the outputs and service levels required. Payment is subject to the agreed outputs and service levels being delivered by the private sector partner. This arrangement aims to give the private sector partner scope to decide how best to deliver what is required, with the potential to make efficiency improvements and reduce costs.

The examination considered whether review and control activity is informed by an assessment of the risk of fraud and error attaching to the different types of welfare payment and the effectiveness, in practice, of the Department’s reviews in recovering and deterring overpayments and how it evaluated its performance in that regard.