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This chapter reviews the administration and management of the Broadcasting Fund, which is managed and controlled by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland. It also reviews the outputs and performance of the fund and the extent to which it has been evaluated.

This chapter examines expenditure by the Department of Social Protection on welfare and employment schemes in 2011.

This chapter examines the systems in place that monitors evasion of motor tax, that maintains the register of vehicles and issuing of tax renewal notices, that manages tax exemption periods and of the deterrent effect of fixed charge penalties on non-payment of motor tax.

This is a report examining the outturn of capital investment under the National Childcare Investment Programme, the risks to value achievement and how the delivery of childcare is administered, monitored and evaluated.

This is a report examining the arrangements in operation for procuring private nursing home facilities under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme and the relative cost of facilities, how the HSE is managing the cost of nursing home care and the inspection arrangements for nursing homes.

This is a report examining a set of issues relating to the management of voted funds by the HSE including: the manner in which the HSE managed resources in light of staff reduction measures, information gaps in the records of the Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS), the financial impact of certain scheme overlaps, how risks arising from dual eligibility under dental schemes were being managed and how delivery of dental treatment is verified, the percentage of private patients being charged for their accommodation in public hospitals and the scope for increasing income from that category of patient and the arrangements for monitoring by the HSE of voluntary hospitals.

This is a report examining the extent to which the State’s property interests are being protected in relation to the capital funding provided to St Vincent’s Healthcare Group. The focus of the examination was on the HSE procedures and relates solely to its financial responsibilities.

This chapter examines the sample of consultancy and external support services in the following respects, how the service was acquired, how delivery was monitored, how costs were controlled, whether the delivery of the assignment was as expected. The focus of the chapter is on the processes employed by the HSE in administering the consultancies.

This is a report that examines the development of Primary Care Centres, through the progress made to date in accommodating Primary Care Teams, how the options for provision of accommodation were evaluated by the HSE and the administration of the preferred option, which was leasing of accommodation.

This is a report that examines the moving to Primary Care Teams(PCT)s, which involves reconfiguring primary care in a way that moves from having a set of independent disciplines to one where those professional staff would function in a team setting. It would also involve linking the team to wider HSCNs and to the hospital system. This reports covers specifically the current status of development including, how the overall change is being managed the arrangements for resourcing and locating of teams and the linkage of PCTs with other services.