Report said emergency accommodation provider included a charge for VAT on invoices, even though the provision of emergency accommodation is VAT exempt
A provider of emergency accommodation overcharged the International Protection Accommodation Service (IPAS) €7.4 million, while a public science museum for children, which may cost more than €70 million after 20 years of discussion, now faces competition from a private sector venture.
These are among the revelations highlighted by the State’s spending watchdog, the Comptroller and Auditor General, in his annual report. The report’s function is to set out examples of waste and inefficient spending of public money by Government departments and agencies.
1) Yet-to-be built children’s science museum may cost €70m
The report criticised the Office of Public Works (OPW) for its role over more than 20 years in a
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