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This report focuses on the the management of international protection accommodation contracts including whether sufficient due diligence checks are carried out on accommodation providers in advance of contracting.

This chapter examines the Department of Social Protection controls in place to monitor and appropriately fund the Free Travel scheme, through review of access to the scheme, use of the scheme and payment to free travel operators.

Under a 2014 statutory instrument, the Department is entitled to recover the certain benefit and assistance payments provided to an individual who subsequently receives a compensation award for those injuries. This report examines the operation of the scheme and the extent of recovery of payments by the Department.

This chapter on the Housing Assistance Payment (HAP) scheme outlines governance arrangements and presents information on HAP trends, including increases in cost over time. In 2020, the Department spent almost €465 million supporting nearly 60,000 HAP tenants.

The chapter examines how the Social Welfare Appeals Office manages the appeals that are made against the Department of Social Protection. It examined if the Appeals Office had a fair and efficient system and if reviews of appealed cases were used to improve operations.

The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection implemented the JobPath service in 2015 to assist long-term unemployed to find and sustain permanent employment. This report examines how the Department monitors achievement of contract objectives, and associated costs.

This chapter details payment irregularities discovered in schools in relation to the School Meals Scheme.

This is a report on the National Treatment Purchase Fund, the report examined the procedures in place to validate the waiting list and the arrangements for the cost-effective procurement of treatments by the NTPF.

This is a report on the Money Advice and Budgeting Service, including the Environment in which the Service Operates and the Organisation of the Service. The report reviewed whether the service as currently structured delivers its service efficiently, reaches the target population (low-income families who are in debt or at risk of becoming so) and has had its effectiveness assessed.

This is a report examining the Transfer of Welfare Functions, especially the progress to date on the execution of the Government decision.