Joshua NevettPolitical reporterWes Streeting has ruled out introducing value added tax (VAT) on private healthcare at the forthcoming Budget.It comes after newspaper reports that the Treasury was looking at bringing…
Just €3.9 million out of a €190 million fund set up to support consumers dealing with spiking energy costs has been paid out, the State's spending watchdog has found. In…
Port Talbot's green future takes shape a year after closureHuw ThomasWales business correspondentGetty ImagesProduction at Tata Steel ended 12 months ago after the company said its blast furnace operation was…
The Criminal Justice Operational Hub budget was initially set at €7.2 million over three years, but actual spending has been significantly lower, with approximately €4.3 million incurred by the Department…
Carpet poverty: 'I cried when I saw our new home had bare and uneven floorboards'Emma GlasbeyBBC Yorkshire home and social affairs correspondent, in HalifaxBBCKassie in her new family homeWhen Kassie…
A complete listing of school grant schemes is "not maintained or readily available" from the Department of an Education and Youth, an examination by the State's spending watchdog, the Comptroller…
The Government has made overpayments totalling millions of euro to providers of International Protection accommodation. A report from the State's spending watchdog, the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG), found that…
Misunderstanding and inconsistency in the HR units of Government Ministers' departments led to errors in the calculations of ministerial pensions, according to a report from the State's spending watchdog the…
A review of State spending for last year has found the Office of Public Works (OPW) paid around €20 million to lease two buildings that remained unoccupied afterwards. In its…
Ireland has made progress in reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) but the rate of reduction remains insufficient to meet the targets established. Current projections by the EPA indicate that Ireland's…
A commitment by the Office of Public Works (OPW) to build a children's science museum "exposed the Exchequer to unnecessary risk", according to the Comptroller and Auditor General (C&AG). In…
Funding from central government to local authorities increased by 28% last year to €8.6 billion. The latest report from the State's spending watchdog the Comptroller & Auditor General reveals that…