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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.

This examination focuses on the governance structures adopted between Revenue and the Department of Social Protection, the process in place to verify the eligibility of claims under the Scheme and the subsequent recovery of subsidies in excess of entitlement.

This report assesses the performance information presented by the Department in relation to its spending on social housing, with the objective of establishing whether it presents a complete and accurate account of what is being achieved for the expenditure incurred.

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 reviews the operation of controls over catering expenditure incurred by the Irish Prison Service. It also examines control issues in respect of a number of related or ancillary services operating within prisons but not funded by the Prison Service.

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 report presents a progress update on the transfer of ownership to the Housing Agency of sites approved under the Scheme and the subsequent development of those sites. It also provides an overview of Scheme funding provided to local authorities to date.

This report focuses on the capacity of higher education institutions to plan, manage and deliver large-scale construction projects on schedule, within budget and to the required quality. The review examined ten completed construction projects in the higher education sector.

This chapter reviews the Department of Children and Youth Affairs oversight of Pobals administration of early learning and childcare funding programmes 2015 to 2018 and the controls in place to ensure that payments are appropriate and that the quality of learning and care, childcare staff and facilities is of an acceptable standard.

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.