State fisheries agency spent €16,000 on legal fees before Oireachtas appearance
Inland Fisheries Ireland also paid more than €50,000 to a PR company ahead of the same event
Public Accounts Committee
MV Matthew departs Cork having cost State €16m in berthing, crew and maintenance fees
Vessel was boarded by Army Rangers in 2023 in operation that led to seizure of €157m worth of cocaine
Some rail services will be ‘rephased or reprioritised’ due to €50m IT project write down
New train traffic management system will need to be put in place, says Irish Rail, without providing estimated cost
Government must ‘urgently’ decide if children’s science centre should be built, PAC says
Current €70.4m estimated cost of project may increase and excludes certain costs
Spending on rail expansion plans could be hit by costs of failed €50m IT project
NTA accepts move by Irish Rail to terminate contract with IT contractor Indra but warns of ‘significant financial consequences’
Former UL president gets order halting new investigation over whether PAC was misled
Judge says Kerstin Mey has a ‘fair’ and ‘serious’ case that new investigation is not permitted
Politicians bemoan RTÉ’s failures, then make them worse
No enterprise could absorb an 18-year price freeze on its primary revenue stream while costs keep climbing
Ali Hewson and others could raise almost €20m for new children’s science centre, adjudicator finds
Adjudication report says State support of up to €30m could be needed over a decade to meet facility’s operating costs
HSE to examine whether money provided to any funded organisation was sent abroad
Health service tells Oireachtas committee of review of governance and financial records at autism charity
Cost of running RTÉ will increase by €50m this year, Oireachtas committee told
Kevin Bakhurst tells PAC that broadcaster has held preliminary discussions with Land Development Agency
RTÉ to seek more State funding after three-year €725m deal ends
Oireachtas committee to hear broadcaster has ‘reversed the trend of reporting deficits’
Inland Fisheries Ireland chief executive had suicidal thoughts, doctor tells tribunal
Specialist tells WRC State fishing agency was unhappy with her findings but did not seek her to change her report
Nama CEO in talks on NTMA role as he defends ‘bad bank’ at final Pac meeting
Brendan McDonagh yet to confirm what his next role will be
Nama to hand over residual €22m asset portfolio and €50m in cash on wind up this month
Nama will also hand over responsibility for various legal cases to a resolution unit within the NTMA
RTÉ spends almost €57,000 on team sent to cover World Cup qualifier in Prague
Top Montrose executive says coverage ‘provided on a cost-competitive basis’ reaped benefits
Beaumont paid €6.2m to company run by its own doctors outside public procurement rules
Public Accounts Committee hears payroll system, over budget by €2m, also outside procurement regulations
HSE paying €2m per year to firm for help challenging insurers over unpaid bills
Dáil’s public spending watchdog hears publicly funded hospitals have written off millions in payments for patients with health insurance
Hospitals write off millions as health insurers decline to pay invoices
Politicians on Dáil PAC express strong concern as revenue forgone at a time of financial strain for the health sector
About €1.15m spent on cancelled IT system for student grants has ‘no enduring value’
Dáil committee hears that new system to facilitate grant applications may not be operational until 2029
Recent hospital budget increases ‘not fiscally sustainable’, Minister for Health warns
Pay costs from over-recruitment contributing to hospitals’ financial pressures, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill tells PAC
Ineligible expenditure of nearly €20,000 returned to Skillnet following investigation
Investigation significantly constrained due to persistent non-cooperation, TDs told
Irish fund invested in five firms named in UN report on Israeli settlements
Combined value of stakes in Airbnb, Motorola and others stood at €6.7m
Taxpayers ‘sick and tired of waste’, says Committee of Public Accounts chief
Education spending, electric bus fleet and Children’s Sciene Museum among issues rounded on by committee
Hospital employee flagged that €30,000 Aramark payment to CHI could be reviewed by watchdog
PAC to consider emails about payment from company that ran restaurant service at Crumlin
Irish Rail inability to source key train-control system parts heightens ‘risk of disruption’
Just two spare central processing units remain for system that was meant to be replaced in 2024
From brain to drain: How was €50m wasted on a planned IT system for Ireland’s rail network?
Oireachtas committees to begin investigations into cost overruns on project once called the ‘brain of the railway’ by a Government Minister
Competition and consumer watchdog says it is under ‘real pressure’ as mandate expands
CCPC received ‘no significant additional exchequer funding’ in 2026, chairman Brian McHugh to tell Oireachtas committee
Irish Rail’s €50m writedown on IT project a ‘national scandal’, says Sinn Féin
Scathing criticism at Dáil committee follows report saying State-owned train operator has no confidence in traffic management system
More than 700,000 carbon credits purchased by State cancelled last year
EU framework restricted types of carbon credits that could be applied, Department of Climate tells PAC
RTÉ plunged into crisis again – it’s like the world cliff diving championships in Montrose
If crisis were a sea, the national broadcaster would never be out of it
RTÉ to be brought under remit of State’s independent spending watchdog
Minister for Media Patrick O’Donovan will seek approval for a new Broadcasting Bill at Cabinet
No bar on reinvestigating claims regarding former UL president, court told
Lawyers for third-level institution told High Court it is entitled to consider new evidence as it emerges
Transport authority disputes PAC report claiming new ticketing system is €41m over budget
Key IT projects at Government departments and State agencies set to run €61m over budget
Ireland’s national debt could hit €250bn in 2030s
National Treasury Management Agency to warn TDs level of debt carries risk as borrowing matures and becomes more expensive
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