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The Report identifies a wide range of issues across Departments, which in the Comptroller and Auditor General’s opinion, need to be brought to public attention in the interests of transparency and accountability. The issues will be examined further by the Public Accounts Committee in the coming months when it calls in the Heads of Departments and Offices to account for their stewardship of public funds. The inclusion of some areas in the Report, like the MediaLab Europe venture, stems from requests by the Committee while others, like the arrangements for tolling the West Link Bridge, arise from concerns expressed in Dáil Éireann and among the general public. The examination of the Toll Bridge uncovered a €2 million underpayment to the State. The other issues reported reflect the results of targeted examinations in areas of public expenditure e.g. the National Treatment Purchase Fund and the operation of the Personal Public Service Number system, as well as those coming to light in the normal course of audit, like the shortcomings in accounting controls in Fishery Harbour Centres. The Revenue chapter in the Report presents an overview of tax assessment and collection together with the results of examinations of specific aspects of Revenue’s activities. © Copyright 2007 by Finfacts.com |
