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Annual Comptroller and Auditor General Report

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  • 11-09-2009 1:25pm
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    mike65
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    As ever its a cavalcade of waste and inefficiency, no matter what area the government as "competency" over they pour cash down the drain.

    From various sources
    UNTIL his resignation last year, Mr Molloy held the position of FAS director general and had seven assistant director generals underneath him.

    He comes in for criticism in the Comptroller & Auditor General's report for signing off on a €590,000 contract for a jobs fair at Croke Park, even though he didn't have the authority to do so.

    He received two one-off payments worth a total of €441,000 following his resignation -- a €111,000 lump sum and a €330,000 payment into his pension.

    The FAS board was also criticised for allowing him keep his luxury company car.
    The C&AG reviewed practices in 24 hospitals and found that 50% of inpatients treated privately in a public bed were not charged for their maintenance. The HSE has calculated that the average daily maintenance cost is between €913 and €1,018.
    State run metropolitan area networks (MANs) to provide high speed broadband have not been a success, according to today's CAG report. In the first phase of the project, around one third of the networks in regional towns have seen little or no take up.

    Further investment aimed at making use of the existing networks is not considered wise and the €179m cost of the projects is being considered as 'sunk', according to the report.
    The report outlines the electronic voting machines debacle, with a detailed breakdown of costs involved showing that of the estimated €54.5m total the machines cost,€3.2m of that was spent on storing them.

    The taxpayer will also continue to pay for these junked machines into 2020 as a result of long-term leases agreed on building in which the machines were stored, the report showed.

    While some of the leases entered into were short term and could be terminated at short notice, in a few cases, long-term leases had been agreed. Example cited included a lease in Cavan-Monaghan that is costing €16,800 per annum and is due to run until 2029, and a lease in Cork city that is costing €25,200 each year and which is set to run until 2024.

    You can read the report as a 3 mb PDF here


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