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This chapter examines the arrangements to lease social housing units from private owners. It does not examine the use, by local authorities, of unsold affordable homes for social housing or the procurement of units by approved housing bodies using private finance remunerated on the basis of lease payments, both of which the Department also classifies as part of its wider Social Housing Leasing Initiative.

The objective of this report 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 is a report stating the findings and subsequent issues arising from the audit of all Appropriation Accounts for the year.

This is a report which reviews the arrangements in place to ensure that the National Treasury Management Agency’s borrowing programmes are based on agreed borrowing requirements and long-term debt costs are minimised consistent with the management of liquidity and other risks, the Agency’s tolerance for risk is identified, monitored and regularly assessed an appropriate human resource function is in place that reflects the necessary level of skills in processing, reporting and monitoring activities. The chapter also reviewed the results of performance monitoring for 2009.

This is a report, which examined the status of the arrangements to rationalise State bodies and certain other activities and the progress in establishing enhanced mechanisms to supervise the performance of State bodies and confirm their adherence to governance norms.

This is a report, which focuses on Initiatives being developed by the National Procurement Service (NPS) to provide better value in the procurement of goods and services. And Expenditure declared to have been undertaken in 2009 on foot of contracts entered into without recourse to competitive procurement processes. It also presents an analysis of the declared reasons why a competitive process was not followed in those cases.

This examination looked at advertising and promotional expenditure by FÁS in the period 2002-2008. It examined the budgetary control over advertising and promotional expenditure, the general strategy under which it was spent and the extent to which its effectiveness was evaluated.

This is a report on the National Pensions Reserve Fund, its return, value and nature of investment.

This is a report summarising specific issues relating to the NTMA Functions and Performance.

This is a report examining the Central Government Funding of Local Authorities, providing an overview of funds flowing from and through central Government sources to local authorities, and of the purposes for which the funds have been provided.