Special Reports

This study focused on the adequacy of the Department of Education's systems for planning and managing the provision of second level school accommodation in the context of the projected long-term decline in enrolment levels and a continuing demand for building projects which far exceeds the available level of annual capital funding.

Bord Fáilte (BFÉ) has been involved with the Northern Ireland Tourist Board (NITB) since 1990 in a joint project to develop a computer-based tourist information and reservation system. The system - called Gulliver - has been developed within the two tourist board organisations by staff members and external consultants.

The examination identified 42 means tested schemes, twenty of which are administered by either the Department of Social Welfare (DSW) or the health boards. These twenty schemes account for the bulk of expenditure on all means tested schemes and the majority of means tests themselves.

The examination focused on how efficiently the Department engaged in borrowing activities, how well the associated risks were managed and the lessons which can be learned for the future.

The scale of expenditure on regional measures, jointly funded by the State, the European Union (EU) and the private sector, has been enormous by Irish standards. For that reason the examination sought to establish the extent to which the effectiveness of the measures under the Community Support Framework (CSF) 1989-1993 was evaluated so that the findings could be applied to the management of current and future programmes in the area of regional development.

The examination focused on establishing whether the Government Telecommunications Network was cost-effective, the potential for economy gains was being realised and if there was proper monitoring of telephone costs.

This review focused on the procedures employed in the planning and execution of the project with particular reference to the role of the Department of Transport, Energy and Communications (the Department) in ensuring that mechanisms were in place to provide for its cost effective completion.

This study examines the management and performance of the Garda vehicle fleet.

This examination set out to review the management of energy by health boards and voluntary hospitals.

The specific objectives of this value for money review were to examine the efficiency of the administration of the LEADER programme and to examine how the effectiveness of the LEADER programme is evaluated.