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This report summarises the factors giving rise to the accumulated National Training Fund surplus, and the progress made in the implementation of recommendations to reform the National Training Fund

This report reviews the performance and examines how the effectiveness of two home retrofit schemes is assessed against targets. These schemes are funded by the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications and administered by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland.

The report provides an overview of the cost of direct responses to Covid-19 or its impacts by the relevant government departments. The figures include costs incurred on support schemes or direct spending on Covid-19 responses in the year to end February 2021.

The pyrite remediation scheme was set up to remediate dwellings that were significantly damaged by pyrite. This report assesses the scheme progress to the end of 2019 and considers the cost of the scheme introduced to remedy the problem.

This report examines progress made to date on a project to implement a financial management shared services model across a range of Government departments, offices and agencies; and reviews arrangements in place to complete the project.

This report examines the management of the tax appeal process, provides analysis on the value of tax under appeal, the outcome of appeal cases and the time under appeal. It also reviews progress in implementing the recommendations of a 2018 review of the Tax Appeals Commission.

This examination identified six projects carried out under the contract with a combined expenditure of €7.4 million and where the value of work undertaken ranged from €600,000 to €2.5 million. These were in excess of the €500,000 limit for individual minor construction works.

This chapter looks at the progress made by the Department of Health and the HSE in the development of primary care centres (PCCs) since 2010. As at March 2019 there were 127 PCCs in operation - around 36% of the targeted network. The chapter reviews the prioritisation of locations for development, and the delivery methods used.

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.

The examination reviewed motor tax receipts, the cost of collecting motor tax and controls in place.