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The planning body received €19.2 million in Exchequer funding in 2020 and recorded a net deficit of €2.6 million the same year.
The committee has expressed concern at delays in the publication of a report from the Future of Media Commission.
Complaints relate to the long delays as well as citizenship issues.
Members of the board of the Children’s Hospital appeared before the Public Accounts Committee today.
The Sunday Business Post first reported details of a recorded meeting between Department of Health officials in January.
The PAC has made a number of recommendations on the system.
The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board is spending €15 million fighting the claims.
A report has found that the longest arrangement for temporary schools accommodation dates back over 20 years to 2000.
Six of the claims are more than €40 million, the committee was told.
The Committee of Public Accounts has found that several errors by NAMA in the sale of its Project Nantes loans potentially lost taxpayers up to €29 million.
The overall cost of the project is €1.8 million, the committee heard today.
The printer – which is yet to be operational – has caused controversy after it emerged it cost just over €800,000.
The fact some measures of the project remain uncosted is ‘laughable’ says Labour’s Alan Kelly.
The purchase of the printer is due to be discussed by the Public Accounts Committee later this week.
Structural works were needed at Leinster House to ensure the printer fit correctly in the building.
The average wage an agency worker is paid is nearly €140,000.
This follows the publication of the 2018 annual report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG) today.
In March the Supreme Court ruled the PAC acted unlawfully in its questioning of the former Rehab CEO.
The firm was found to have ‘high level’ input into a decision to continue with constructing the project last year.
The Garda Commissioner is appearing before the Oireachtas Public Accounts committee for the first time today.
Sport Ireland announced on Tuesday that they were to cease providing grants to Irish football.
Leinster Senior League chairman David Moran has called on the FAI to restore the public’s confidence in the organisation.
That’s according to documents provided to the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
Angela Kerins had sought damages from the PAC following a 2014 hearing. The case has been adjourned until April.
The raid followed on from the publication of the C&AG audit of the financial statements of the organisation.
The prison service paid two private security companies over a two-year period.
The Secretary General of the HSE is unable to confirm that the cost will be below €2 billion
The examination of claims by a prison officer was ordered by the Justice Minister in November.
Committee concerned about State renting buildings long-term rather than buying.
How much the companies got paid per person has been shrouded in secrecy since the roll out of the programme.
“I note that the interview panel described the respondent as ‘eager to work and learn’. But learn at whose expense?” the judge said.
The Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee said people would be “shocked” by the report.
Questions surrounding the payment were raised at the Public Accounts Committee yesterday.
A number of people have argued that the move by the PAC is unconstitutional.
The total breakdown of Áras costs isn’t publicly available; but some have said that the timing of an inquiry is “politically motivated”.
SIPO is to develop ‘standards of best practice’ for public bodies to ensure they communicate to employees about disclosing their interests.
It is “a matter of immense frustration” for staff that it’s taking longer than planned to process some applications, the Public Accounts Committee has been told.
Vicky said CervicalCheck and her gynaecologist spent 15 months arguing over whose responsibility it was to tell her about a HSE audit.
Meanwhile, Health Minister Simon Harris has received government approval for the drafting of a Bill to establish an independent board for the HSE.
The Public Accounts Committee also raised concerns about the use of “fraud” in department material.