Comptroller and Auditor General

Dáil committee to scrutinise how Tusla has spent millions on ‘complex litigation’

Dáil Public Accounts Committee expected to question agency over legal cases and protected disclosure

Garda undercharging for policing sports events and concerts, says Comptroller, with €2.6m in fees owed

Public funds being used to subsidise commercial activity, according to Comptroller and Auditor General

Peter McVerry Trust tells PAC it will not attend hearing

Refusal to attend not acceptable, says Fine Gael TD and PAC member James Geoghegan

Arts Council takes legal action against contractors in €6.7m IT project

Fury erupted in Government in February when it emerged the council had scrapped plans for a programme joining five existing systems

Senior official at UL resigns after university overpaid €5.2m for student housing

University of Limerick went ahead with €11.9m deal in 2022 where it paid well above market price for 20 student homes

Numbers working on children’s hospital project dropped by third since January, politicians hear

Construction contractor BAM says site worker resources higher than expected for this stage of build

Former Children’s Health Ireland boss kept salary of almost €184k in new role

Some €250,000 in potential income for CHI was lost due to late insurance claims, Public Accounts Committee hears separately

Munster Technological University cyberattack response cost €3.5m, PAC told

State facing ‘significant’ potential loss as training board funds in non-interest bearing account, Comptroller and Auditor General says

Approval of RTÉ redundancy offer still leaves station facing bigger challenges

RTÉ faces issues of ageing audience for its linear video and audio services, and mass defection to streaming and social-media platforms by younger viewers

Drop in payouts for medical negligence cases leads to reduction in compensation paid by State

Compensation payments from the State Claims Agency across all categories were down almost €90m last year

Michael Noonan and civil servants have last laugh after PAC criticism

Commission of Investigation into Project Eagle deal with Cerberus backed Nama conduct and valuation of Northern Ireland developers' loans

Properties remain derelict after collapse of social housing deals with McVerry trust

Derelict and vacant sites left 'languishing' following withdrawal of trust from construction schemes

Fr Peter McVerry resigns from key role in housing charity

Priest resigns as Peter McVerry Trust board secretary as chairwoman Deirdre-Ann Barr also steps down

Irish influence inside the EU: ‘The conveyor belt is slowing down’

Senior Irish officials warn of declining influence in Europe as interest in careers in EU institutions drops off

‘Leo the leak’ affair still lingers five years on

Sipo has resolved for a second time not to investigate the leaking of a draft State contract with the Irish Medical Organisation when Varadkar was taoiseach

Tribute paid to retiring TDs as Dáil completes final rush of legislation

Questions raised about ‘unaccountable’ €2m funding for Secret Service in €104bn Appropriations Bill

Serious questions raised about future of Peter McVerry Trust

Good work of charity for homeless not in doubt but ‘numerous key compliance and governance failures’ found by Charities Regulator

Former UL president being paid €175,000 while on year-long sabbatical, PAC hears

Public Accounts Committee hearing: Kerstin May resigned as UL chief last June and is on leave in new post as professor of visual culture

Cost of rapid-build accommodation set to double to potentially €442,000 per unit, C&AG says

Value-for-money report also reveals Revenue assessment that retailer Dunnes Stores owed State more than €36 million was settled for €5 million

Housing charity wants full State funding despite €15m bailout, spending watchdog found

Interim chief executive at Peter McVerry Trust was paid €1,000 a day following resignation of previous CEO

Four takeaways from spending watchdog report

Comptroller and Auditor General review suggests thousands who claimed pandemic payment were actually employed

About €225 million in exchequer funding written off on three scrapped transport projects

Plan to re-introduce freight rail line to port of Foynes ‘identified a high level of noncompliance’ - report

Cost of modular homes for Ukrainians doubled to €442,000 each, CAG report finds

It was initially envisaged such residential units would cost €200,000 each

University of Limerick sharply criticised over two botched property deals with over €8m losses

UL’s €5.2m overpayment when buying 20 student homes in 2022 resulted in a ‘significant loss in value for money’, State’s spending watchdog finds

New national train control centre facing potential €40m cost overrun

Development that originally had €148m budget could now cost €188m, report by C&AG suggests

HSE employee was paid €700,000 last year for treating patients out of normal hours, report reveals

Termination payment of €1.6m to outgoing staff member revealed in Comptroller and Auditor General report

Revenue Commissioners will have no role in collecting television licence fee

It’s understood that the Coalition is to examine improvements to the existing collection system to deliver an increased level of funding being gathered

Former An Bord Pleanála official received €212k exit payout

Rachel Kenny got severance after it was found she had ‘no case to answer’ in relation to conflict of interest claims

‘Incredible’: RSA decision not to appear before Public Accounts Committee criticised

Considerable anger on Public Accounts Committee over State body’s failure to appear

Forget the broadcasters, accountants are now centre stage at RTÉ

The latest arrival on the RTÉ carousel is former KPMG chief Terence O’Rourke, with more accountants set to come to Montrose

‘Serious operational risk’ for Beaumont Hospital due to need to replace information system, PAC told

Dáil’s spending watchdog also hears of payroll overpayments at the hospital of €288,513 in 2022

RTÉ must now show it is no longer the same organisation outlined in the PAC report

Report’s real value is in holding the massive amount of evidence on RTÉ scandal in single document

Why the Public Accounts Committee is so keen to get its hands on RTÉ

Auditors are watchdogs not bloodhounds, and the only guarantee would be a day out in the public eye for PAC members

Q&A: Should RTÉ be under the remit of the Comptroller and Auditor General?

Dáil committee has called for the public body to audit the broadcaster

Dáil committee calls for Comptroller & Auditor General to oversee RTÉ

Controversy over large exit payments for departing executives to take the political centre stage again this week as Minister to appear before committee and Dáil

Welfare schemes for low-income farmers and carers top survey list for ‘irregular’ payments

Surveys that estimate percentage of expenditure that might be irregular in different welfare schemes examined by Comptroller and Auditor General

Tusla signals emergency placements for children in care a key ‘risk’ for agency

Agency has increasingly had to rely on hotel rooms and B&Bs to house vulnerable young people

Nama sold loans to debtors’ relative at 97.5% discount after ‘intimidation’

Board concluded deal ‘represented a better financial outcome than was available from alternative options’, agency spokesman says

Governance at Inland Fisheries Ireland halfway between ‘Ballymagash and Killinaskully’, committee hears

State body had 16 uninsured vehicles on the road at one time and a court case is pending relating to a crash

RTÉ brought group of 70 to K Club when considering future of Lyric FM, Dáil told

What has been revealed in relation to RTÉ over recent days ‘would shame the most extravagant of Celtic Tiger era excesses’, says Sinn Féin TD

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