The Comptroller and Auditor General has published his Report to Dáil Eireann on the results of his examination of the 2009 Accounts of Government Departments and Offices. The Report identifies issues, which in his opinion, merit consideration by the Committee of Public Accounts in the interests of transparency and accountability
The report deals with
- any matters considered appropriate to report on arising from audits of the appropriation accounts prepared by the Accounting Officers of government departments and offices in relation to the appropriations voted by Dáil Éireann for the previous financial year
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any matters considered appropriate to report on arising from examinations of the internal accounting controls operated by government departments and offices (in the current or previous financial year) to ensure the regularity of their financial transactions, the correctness of their payments and receipts, the reliability and completeness of their accounting records and the safeguarding of the assets owned and controlled by them
- the results of examinations of the accounts of the revenues collected by the Revenue Commissioners – these examinations include assessment of whether the accounts are complete and accurate, and whether the Revenue Commissioners have established and applied systems, procedures and practices that are adequate to secure an effective check on the assessment, collection and proper allocation of the revenues.
The individual chapters in the report are available below
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Central Government - Financial Commitments under Public Private Partnerships
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Central Government - European Union - Financial Transactions 2009
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Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government - Leasing of Social Housing
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Department of Community, Equality and Gaeltacht Affairs - Managing Cohesion and Integration
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Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources - Energy Programmes
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Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food - Agricultural Inspections
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Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation - National Training Fund - Skillnets
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Department of Enterprise, Trade and Innovation - Redundancy and Insolvency Payments
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Department of Social Protection - Expenditure on Social Welfare
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Department of Social Protection - Regularity of Regularity of Social Welfare Payments
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Department of Social Protection - Non-Contributory State Pension Scheme
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Department of Social Protection - One-Parent Family Payments
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Department of Health and Children - National Treatment Purchase Fund
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Health Service Executive - National Cancer Screening Service