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This report reviews the bovine TB eradication programme. The report examines the how the Department evaluates the effectiveness of the programme, if the programme is operating as intended and is efficient in its use of resources.

The report examines how the Department manages its property portfolio, anticipates related risks and ensures adequate maintenance of its properties. The report also examines how the Department accounts for its properties in accordance with standard public financial procedures and guidelines.

This report reviews the forestry programme and its targets, and examines the outputs to date. Up to the end of 2018, there has been a consistent underspend on the Department’s forestry programme. Targets set in relation to the amount of land forested and the proportion that is broadleaf under the programme have not been met.

This chapter examines a refund from Ireland to the EU in 2015 for non-compliance with EAGF and EAFRD scheme regulations. The payment to the EU in 2015 as a result of Irish milk production exceeding the national milk quota, and the recovery of those funds from milk producers.

This chapter details the current position of the collection of land annuities, which is administered by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.

This examination was based on Bord na gCon's development of Limerick greyhound racing stadium.

This chapter examines the controls in place in relation to the administering of farm assist payments.

This is a report which focuses on the Pigmeat Recall Scheme reports the results of audit enquiries into, the financial outturn of the Scheme, the management and control of the Scheme the pigmeat traceability system in place facilitating the recall of contaminated food following the dioxin incident and the inspection and control programme that is in place to routinely detect contamination.

This report sets out to ascertain whether the risk methodology used by the Department is effective in profiling the farming population in a way that ensures the efficiency of inspection by focussing on the most risky cases; whether the structure and organisation of the inspection programme is sufficient to put a check on the full range of criteria taking account of timing of the underlying conditions and whether the operation of the Department’s Integrated Controls Division is cost effective in the light of the pattern of inspection activity and how the Department addressed the issues that led to an EU penalty of €715,000 being imposed.

This is a report on the Farm Waste Management Scheme Liabilities, examining the liabilities and commitments under the scheme at 31 December 2008 and the arrangements for controlling expenditure under this scheme.