Who runs the country’s hospital system?
Governance of Ireland’s public hospital structure is complex and now Ministers are involved in a long-running dispute
Public Accounts Committee
OPW spent €180,000 on advice on potential impact of MetroLink
State body says it had sought specialist planning and engineering advice on effects metro system may have on its properties
About 500 people subject to deportation orders living in international protection facilities
Committee members raise concerns about processes for assessing age of unaccompanied asylum seekers
Almost €1bn paid to private operators to accommodate asylum seekers last year
Fewer than half the gardaí working in Gaeltacht areas have working proficiency in Irish, PAC hears
HSE could face ‘an overall loss’ of between €5m-€7m from dealing with one supplier
Public Accounts Committee to be told there is no hope of recovering losses
Beaumont Hospital integrated payroll and HR system will cost about €3m more than projected
Dáil Public Accounts Committee hears that IT project was never put out to tender
A year after the €330,000 Dáil bike shed, is there still a ‘money doesn’t matter’ culture?
Office of Public Works insists new structures are now in place to protect against overspending but critics are not so sure
Ship seized in largest cocaine haul now costing the State €110,000 per week
Moored in the port of Cork, MV Matthew is considered an environmental, ecological and economic risk
Former Rehab chief Angela Kerins submits legal bills of €2.1m to Oireachtas
Clerk of Dáil tells Public Accounts Committee controversy over €300,000 bike shed caused reputational damage
New financial safeguards planned for national maternity hospital project
Government seeks to implement lessons learned from national children’s hospital construction
‘We have gone back to basics’: McVerry Trust seeks reset after finance issues and bailout
Organisation unveils newly refurbished housing complex on Townsend Street in Dublin
Farmers to land €100k average payouts as part of Shannon water pipeline deal
Water to be extracted at Parteen Basin in Co Tipperary and piped 170km to the capital
Department opposes naming refugee housing providers that breach contract rules
Dáil’s spending watchdog seeks ‘rationale’ from department officials for not publishing list of contracts
Cost of former CEO employment dispute at Children’s Health Ireland exceeds €160,000
Issued centred on clash between Government policy on term limits for chief executives in State sector and rights under employment law
How former GAA manager Séamus ‘Banty’ McEnaney made over €200m from housing refugees and the homeless
Family firms linked to Seamus ‘Banty’ McEnaney have been paid large sums for emergency accommodation, which critics lay at the door of the State’s ‘repeated short-termism’
The National Concert Hall’s official memos: On revamp costs, one-off payments and HR ‘issues’
Chairperson has sought assurances from Government that NCH will not have to fund multi-million euro redevelopment
OPW spent €17,000 on consultants for committee hearings, more than any other State body
Spending data from 2021 to last month shows OPW spent over €17,000 last year as it faced rolling controversies
Inquiries under way into further allegations around waiting list initiatives at Children’s Health Ireland
Public Accounts Committee and Minister hears that consultant paid €40,000 in 2018 to treat patients on his waiting list at private hospital
Hiqa made 28 referrals to gardaí over nursing homes in 2024, PAC told
Closure notices issued to 10 nursing homes in 2024 and seven have closed so far, committee hears
Dáil committee to scrutinise how Tusla has spent millions on ‘complex litigation’
Dáil Public Accounts Committee expected to question agency over legal cases and protected disclosure
Who is Catherine Connolly? The outspoken left-wing campaigner running for president
A critic of ‘warmongering’ and a Gaeilgeoir, Independent TD was not in the mix during Coalition talks
Department of Public Expenditure faces ‘embarrassing’ €700,000 Revenue bill after payroll errors
Issue relates to deductions from retirement benefits of former public service staff with high-value pensions
Waiting list initiative suspended at Naas after concerns consultants paid directly
PAC set to question NTPF and CHI over controversies over use of millions allocated to tackle waiting lists
Saturday outpatient appointments at Crumlin hospital surge by 240%
Concerns raised about overreliance on appointments paid for by National Treatment Purchase Fund
Unregulated court guardian service cost €21m last year
Nine years after revelations, service to guard interest of children in care proceedings remains unregulated
Garda undercharging for policing sports events and concerts, says Comptroller, with €2.6m in fees owed
Public funds being used to subsidise commercial activity, according to Comptroller and Auditor General
Watchdog will again ask Peter McVerry Trust to come before it amid growing anger over finances
Charity has twice refused to appear before Public Accounts Committee despite receiving €15m bailout
Peter McVerry Trust tells PAC it will not attend hearing
Refusal to attend not acceptable, says Fine Gael TD and PAC member James Geoghegan
Children’s hospital commentary often `ill-informed’ contractor BAM tells Minister for Health
Despite assurances, patients not expected in facility for at least another year
A key social housing scheme is in danger of falling apart. Why?
The State has pulled the plug on a multi-million euro deal at the last minute, throwing the public-private partnership model into doubt
Minister objected to second term for Arts Council director amid fallout over botched IT project
Governing body taking legal action to try to recoup €4m, Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee told
Arts Council director Maureen Kennelly to stand down in wake of botched IT contract
Council is due to appear before Public Accounts Committee on Thursday concerning failed €6.7m project
Arts Council takes legal action against contractors in €6.7m IT project
Fury erupted in Government in February when it emerged the council had scrapped plans for a programme joining five existing systems
Numbers working on children’s hospital project dropped by third since January, politicians hear
Construction contractor BAM says site worker resources higher than expected for this stage of build
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