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This report reviews the performance in Emergency Departments based on the findings and recommendations of a range of reviews conducted during the period 2002 - 2007.

This report on the National Convention Centre sets out to review, the quality of the initial business case, how costs and benefits were estimated, whether the procurement was conducted in accordance with government guidelines and the bid selected provided the best value and whether negotiations prior to the award of the contract protected the State’s position.

The examination looked at the management of sickness absence in the Civil Service.

This examination looked at all the main publicly-funded treatment and rehabilitation services provided for persons with addiction to illegal drugs.

The examination reviewed the timescale, cost and efficiency of three major tribunals. The tribunals examined were the Mahon, Morris and Moriarty Tribunals.

This is a report examining Metropolitan Area Networks and the extent of the take up of the infrastructure provided, the barriers to full exploitation by service providers, the extent of revenue being generated and the arrangements to market the service and the prospects for a payback on the investment taking account of technological developments since the inception of MANs.

This is a report on Primary School Planning examining the extent to which the Department has information and procedures that allows it to proactively plan for primary school provision, the quality of its information on the condition of school accommodation and how development projects are prioritised.

This is a report examining the Digital Mapping in the Property Registration Authority.

This is a report examining the construction of The Criminal Courts of Justice Building. This examination looked at how the Courts Service evaluated the Courts of Justice project in the course of its development and at the negotiation of the PPP deal. The examination considered whether the Department of Finance guidelines were complied with and whether, having complied with the relevant guidance, sound conclusions were reached about the project and about the PPP deal. The examination also sought to identify lessons learned for application in future projects where procurement by PPP is proposed.

This is a report examining Procurement in the Irish Prison Service under the following headings; whether the initial 2004 agreement was sufficient to ground the issue of subsequent contracts without seeking tenders; how the tender process and contracting were handled; how subsequent projects were costed; how the diverse elements within subsequent projects were costed and managed and how advisors were selected and how much was paid to them.