Audit finds Dún Laoghaire council employees approved their own requests for overtime

Employees at Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council approved their own requests for overtime, a newly published audit has found.

A statutory review by the Local Government Audit Service found a range of issues with the council’s overtime payments during 2021.

This included missing claims forms, errors in how claims were calculated, and staff signing off on their own payments.

Responding to the audit, the office of the council chief executive said: “Internal controls across all sections ...