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Ukraine turns down offer of €20m fleet of armoured vehicles from Defence Forces
Ukraine turns down offer of €20m fleet of armoured vehicles from Defence Forces
When the vehicles were withdrawn from active duty, the Defence Forces 'made an offer' to donate the vehicles to the Ukrainian armed forces, but 'this was declined as the fleet was deemed unsuitable for their requirements', report shows

Wed, 30 Sep, 2026

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C&AG: Targets to plant 8,000 hectares of trees a year need to be changed
Comptroller and Auditor General said that to achieve target set out in climate action plan, 16,000 hectares a year would need to be planted

Wed, 30 Sep, 2026

C&AG: More than 2,700 speeding offences invalidated after camera defects
C&AG: More than 2,700 speeding offences invalidated after camera defects
Faults with two static cameras resulted in hundreds of thousands of euro in invalid fines and penalty points being removed

Wed, 30 Sep, 2026

Audit reveals 'deficiencies in internal control' at IFI
Audit reveals 'deficiencies in internal control' at IFI
A damaging series of administrative errors and irregularities saw the organisation’s entire board stood down in 2023

Fri, 10 Oct, 2025

C&AG: Prisons overspent by €24m last year in response to 'rapidly rising' prisoner numbers
C&AG: Prisons overspent by €24m last year in response to 'rapidly rising' prisoner numbers
Report reveals asylum accommodation costs drive budget €657m into red

Wed, 01 Oct, 2025

C&AG: Properties used by IPAS lacked proper documentation
C&AG: Properties used by IPAS lacked proper documentation
Due diligence documentation on 20 sample properties used by the International Protection Accommodation Service was 'significantly incomplete'

Tue, 30 Sep, 2025

C&AG: Government spent more than €12m on unoccupied office space in 2024
C&AG: Government spent more than €12m on unoccupied office space in 2024
the Distillers Building in Smithfield and Bishop’s Square in the south city centre — had both been either partially or entirely vacant for several year

Tue, 30 Sep, 2025

C&AG: Apple tax fund's market losses and €881m gain 
C&AG: Apple tax fund's market losses and €881m gain 
Final transfer of cash from the fund to the Irish Exchequer took place on May 9, 2025

Tue, 30 Sep, 2025

OPW approved building of €71m children's science museum, exposing taxpayer to 'unnecessary risk'
OPW approved building of €71m children's science museum, exposing taxpayer to 'unnecessary risk'
C&AG report found OPW 'effectively took on the obligations attaching to the project' without applying the 'safeguards designed to ensure public funds are used effectively and efficiently' 

Tue, 30 Sep, 2025

Student health and wellbeing survey
C&AG: Department of education lost €1.3m to enrolment fraud
Schools inflated or overstated enrolment numbers in a bid to retain teachers or have funding increased

Tue, 30 Sep, 2025

Estate agent giving house keys to customer and sign agreement in office.
C&AG: Revenue finds almost half of landlords underdeclared their rental income tax
The project focused on landlords with three or more properties that may have underdeclared taxable rental income by overclaiming rental expenses

Tue, 30 Sep, 2025

female construction apprentice and colleague
C&AG: Concern over PRSI payments to the National Training Fund
A new report from the Comptroller & Auditor General found weaknesses in the process used to collect and allocate PRSI receipts

Tue, 30 Sep, 2025

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C&AG: Gardaí spent €250k on unused hotel rooms during Europa League final
Audit finds An Garda Síochána wasted nearly a quarter-million euro on unused hotel rooms while also overpaying travel claims

Tue, 30 Sep, 2025

1916 Commemorations Ceremonys
More than €18m of Ireland's defence budget unspent and handed back to exchequer last year
Underspends in pay offset in part by overspends in deployment, equipment and IT, Comptroller and Auditor General report shows

Fri, 04 Oct, 2024

Cost of Glanmire's delayed traffic and infrastructure project triples
Cost of Glanmire's delayed traffic and infrastructure project triples
A report published by the Comptroller and Auditor General said that the cost of building and construction materials increased by 40% between June 2017 and June 2024

Wed, 02 Oct, 2024

Ireland stock
'Building in some level of accountability is going to be essential' for Government, says PAC vice chair
'To say that money management within the State is not ideal would be an understatement,' the vice chair of the Public Accounts Committee, Catherine Murphy, said

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

High angle view of businessman counting money
Job Initiative scheme to remain open until all participants reach retirement age
When the Department of Social Protection took over the scheme, it had just under 1,200 participants with an annual budget of close to €30m

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

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Cost of new financial management system for HSE have risen by €40m above original estimate
Comptroller and Auditor General report raised concerns about costs, the pace of the work and its impact so far

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

OPW spends just €167,000 on adapting flood management plans
OPW spends just €167,000 on adapting flood management plans
A report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) on how the agency has adapted its flood risk climate change plan noted that 'assessing and tracking direct spending on the plan is difficult to achieve'

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

C&AG report criticises Garda charging policies for policing non-public duty events
C&AG report criticises Garda charging policies for policing non-public duty events
The C&AG report has found Garda charging policies for policing non-public duty events, including concerts and matches, are not robust enough

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

Royal High School
No legal agreements in place for State’s multi-million investment in schools on patron-owned sites
Comptroller and Auditor General report found leases not in place for schools on patron-owned sites, such as on land owned by Catholic Church

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

Department identifies 60,000 cases of overpayment of covid unemployment benefit 
Department identifies 60,000 cases of overpayment of covid unemployment benefit 
The Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) had previously highlighted the risk of overpayments through the pandemic unemployment payments scheme

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

Average cost of modular homes for Ukrainian refugees increases to €442,000
Average cost of modular homes for Ukrainian refugees increases to €442,000
The C&AG report found the average cost of delivering a modular home increased to €442,000, up from €200,000 estimated in June 2022

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

Revenue collects €172m from sugar tax, C&AG report reveals
Revenue collects €172m from sugar tax, C&AG report reveals
Revenue also carried out 126 interventions in identifying companies which should be paying the tax but were not

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

Ireland Apple escrow fund recorded first annual gain in 2023
Ireland Apple escrow fund recorded first annual gain in 2023
New C&AG report said last year's gain was the first since the account's establishment and was underpinned by a high interest rate environment

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

Campus of the University of Limerick
UL staff 'angered' by implication they share blame for financial mismanagement
Unite trade union said recent Town Hall meeting 'seemed to make us all accountable' for 'utter mismanagement' over property purchases by the university

Fri, 20 Sep, 2024

Even after C&AG report on the madness at UL, there is never anyone to blame 
Even after C&AG report on the madness at UL, there is never anyone to blame 
While there are signs of better governance in future, the Comptroller and Auditor General's damning report into UL's property dealings leaves plenty of unanswered questions

Fri, 13 Sep, 2024

Damning report reveals UL overpaid for properties by millions of euro
Damning report reveals UL overpaid for properties by millions of euro
State spending watchdog finds significant failings by university in the acquisition of former Dunnes Stores on Honan's Quay and homes purchased in Rhebogue for student accommodation

Fri, 13 Sep, 2024

Home tax deduction
Average homeowner facing €40,000 bill for 'one-stop-shop' deep retrofit upgrade
The Public Accounts Committee heard on Thursday that there has been a sharp increase in the number of property upgrades this year

Thu, 09 Nov, 2023

Euro stock
€11.1m debt from social welfare overpayments is written off
In one case, a debt of over €10,000 in respect of a deceased person was written off by the Department of Social Protection

Fri, 29 Sep, 2023

TDs will grill HSE after damning report into its procurement of covid ventilators
TDs will grill HSE after damning report into its procurement of covid ventilators
Oireachtas PAC will ask why millions of euro were spent on ventilators that were never used, in the wake of the report by the Comptroller and Auditor General

Sun, 12 Mar, 2023

Healthcare workers intubating a COVID patient.
Report into HSE ventilator spend recommends  guidelines on advance payments
The report examines advance payments worth millions of euro to suppliers and sources in China for ventilators, many of which were never delivered.

Tue, 07 Mar, 2023

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Almost €660m needed to bring HSE cyber security up to standard
The Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) said the full cost of the cyberattack in 2021 has still not been quantified

Fri, 30 Sep, 2022

Gavel, scales of justice and law books
Medical negligence court cases taking almost five years to resolve
Families now have to spend longer in court fighting medical negligence cases than 10 years ago, with some cases taking as many as 5. 4 years to process, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) report shows.

Fri, 30 Sep, 2022

Apple tax bill
Value of Apple's escrow fund fell by €351m last year
The fall is explained in the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) report as being largely down to a withdrawal Apple made to pay tax in another country

Fri, 30 Sep, 2022

€124m in unclaimed Lotto prizes since 2014, C&AG report finds
€124m in unclaimed Lotto prizes since 2014, C&AG report finds
The vast majority of that €124m total, €122m, has since been spent on promoting and advertising the lottery itself

Fri, 30 Sep, 2022

'Serious questions' about public spending on Galway Capital of Culture 
'Serious questions' about public spending on Galway Capital of Culture 
The total funding the event received came to €22.9m, of which €20m was public money

Tue, 05 Oct, 2021

Immigrant Investor Programme
Department will check on some Covid-19 enhanced illness benefit recipients, states C&AG
The required recent PRSI contribution history of claimants was not checked before the claim was put into payment, according to the State watchdog.

Thu, 30 Sep, 2021

DENIS SCANNELL
Thousands could have claimed PUP payments without proving lost income 
A number of checks were carried out in July 2020, March 2021 and July 2021, which resulted in tens of thousands of claims being stopped

Thu, 30 Sep, 2021

Department to review some successful social welfare appeals
Department to review some successful social welfare appeals
New measures will see the Decisions Advisory Office monitor successfully appealed decisions and also arrange for periodic reviews.

Thu, 30 Sep, 2021

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